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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
THE DRYEST STATE
RAIN FALL VARIES FROM THREE TO
TWENTY-FlV INCHES A YEAR

The People Do Not Concern Them
selves Much About the Rain, But
They Have Fine System of Irri-
cation.
Arizona has some timber in the
mountains and grass in the valleys,
but these grow in spite of the fact that
Arizona is in the dryest part of the
United States. Even within the bound
aries of this one territory, however, the
rainfall varies from over twenty five
inches a year at Camp Goodwin in the
mountains to three inches year at
Yuma on the desert. Twenty-Five inch
es of rainfall a year means, perhaps, a
possible crop. Three inches year
means no water at all. The people of
Arizona do not, therefore, concern
themselves much with rain. They talk
about it once in Il while, and on occa-
sions an inch or two comes down in
a solid chunk and is called cloud
burst, but such rainfall has little re-
latiOn to the possibilities of the soil
FROM productive point of view.
The settler in Arizona first seeks rum
ming water, and then, with confidence,
settles himself upon the land and
straightway proceeds to get rich, for
running water upon Arizona soil is like
unto gold mine-it produces wealth.
This has been the system ever since
the memory of man, for there are Ari-
iona bitches which are nearly 400
years old, and the present generation Is
not quite sure what manner of people
dug them.
1t is within the memory of man, how
ever, when Arizona was almost a
trackles desert, overrun with fierce and
warlike Indians, and it is within the
memory of even the children of Art
IONA that all this has changed; deserts
have been made to bloom and all war
like Indians have either been sent to
the happy hunting grounds or are used
for exhibition purposes in wild west
shows and Eastern eXpostions.
All this has been done by ignoring
the usual way of watering the earth
and by utilizing the melting snOwbanks
as their waters raced toward the sea-
Fifteen hundred miles of artificial wa
ter courses. or bitches, have these am
bilious and industrious Arizona people
dug, and 100000 acres of this wonder
full valley lands grow rich with green
things of the earth in response to the
fun to settle on these arid lands, and it
is no easy task to have dug these
bitches, but the results have paid ten
fold to those who dared the task.
Great mining camps are always near
by. Miners always have money to spend
They want the best the earth can give
them, and the irrigated lands of Arl-
IONA have been paid for with the
money dug from the bowels of the vol
canic hills.
The running streams of Arizona are
now doing all they can and still more
water is wanted. To get this the peo-
pie of the valleys not so favored with
preparing to store the little that falls
from the clouds at some seasons of the
year. In the mouths of rugged can
ons they will place great rock dams.
The melting snow and the winter rains
will here mingle and lie quiet until the
drought strikes the valley below and
the parched vegetation calls for their
use. Then the stored water will be
loosed. to add more greenery. hence
more wealth, to the dryest place in
America.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
More Pictures for Montpelier.

Il. w. Wood and j. w. Burgess of
Montpelier contemplate making an ex-
tended trip abroad next year. They will
visit the art centers of Europe, and Mr..
Wood will make copies of famous paint
ings which will be added to the already
large collection in the Wood gallery. 1t
is the aim of the trustees to make the
gallery the largest and most complete of
any outside of Boston and New York.
Montpelier may Congratulate itself that
it has been chosen as the depository of
these art treasures. The trustees of the
Montpelier Young Mems Christian asso-
citation have transferred to the trustees
of the Wood Art gallery the building,
out buildings and lot occupied by the
association on State street. The con-
sideratlOn is 5000 In cash and the release
of the mortgage of $4,000 In round num-
bers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

Deputy Sheriff Nash and w. ID. Fad =
den of St Adams, who returned to Ben
nington Saturday night with a horse
and rig that was stolen in ST. Albaps
July 81. and which they found In Troy,
brought some interesting information
about Frank Massie, alias F. C. Chester,
who stole it, Although only % years of
age he has quite a record He is a ma
tive of Grand Rapids, Mich, and an es-
capped prisoner from the Minnesota
state prison. Previous to reaching st.
Adams he stole wheel in CRANKY.
Canada, went to Waterloo, changed it
there for another and went to st. AL
bans. In the former place he managed
to steal some money, went to Highgate
Springs, again changed bicycles there
and went back to st. Adams. There he
hired the rig from S. Y. Hammond and
started south. He stopped in Burllng-
ton one day, in Rutland three DAYS and
skipped his bills at all the hotels. He
arrived at Bennington Aug. 4, stopped
there three days and left without paying
his bills. He is very gentlemanly ap-
pearing young man. He drove to Troy
where he sold the rig for S55. He was
arrested there for pocket picking, but
got out some way. From there he went
to Albany and forged an order on a
shoe store for two pairs of shoes, sign
ing the name of we'll known architect.
The merchant thought something was
wrong and while he was inqurng
Chester skipped. He also presented an
order for new bicycle suit on cloth
ing firm which he secured. He also lad
in his possession.a forged check with a
note signed by the architect saying that
the young man was all right; but arriv-
ing in town after the banks had closed
he could not get it cashed. From papers
found in his possession it is assumed
that he had operated in Gleps Falls. He
was arraigned in the police court Satur-
day morning and held on the charge of
petit larceny and forgery. He is also
wanted in Troy for some other crimes,
and after he gets through in New York
he will be brought back to Vermont,
requisition papers having already been
filed with the governor of that state.
He tells of his experiences with the ut
most GOODNESS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

For extraordinary. incredible, dia-
bolical wickedness the name of Rosas
has become a proverb in South Ameri-
ca. 1t is barely 20 years since he
died; yet when the people of the River
Platte speak of him, we seem to be
hearing of some half-mad Ethiopian
Sultan or hero of the Arabian
Nights; creature of other clay than
ordinary men; a being, half devilish,
half divine, slavishly wOrshiped by all,
capricious, vindictive, ruthless, STAY
ing in the dark by some mysterious
power his enemies, his refractory
slaves, and even those who dreaded
and hated in silence; not to be caught
unawares; proof against plots, free
from ordinary human infrmities;
knowing neither fatigue nor fear;
violent, too, and fantastic, striking
establishment and a kind of supersti-
tious dread by his mad freaks. his
dangerous banter, and his fits of saw
age generosity or cruelty.
Such is the Rosas of popular tradi-
ton; nor does the picture 50 drawn
seem exaggerated in the light of auth
entic records. But Rosas was more
than this; he it was who gave the first
Itdl Sollu government W young
nation which numbers to-day 100000
souls, and has the largest city of the
southern hemisphere for its capital.
He practically secured internal peace
with brief interruptions-to country
torn by incessant revolution and civil
war. He was the creator of the
Argentine Confederation-by force,
perhaps; but force was the order Of
the day; and he arose from among a
crowd of caudillos, party chiefs, half
soldiers, half brigands, mostly as des-
potic in spirit. as regardless of law
and restraint as contemptuous of hui
man life as l.osas himself. TO him
more than to anyone it is due that
Argentine is one country instead of
containing half dozen rival and dis
cordant republics.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
ENDURED DEATHS AGONIES,

Only roaring fire enabled j. NJ.
Garrettson, of San Antonio, Tex, to lie
down when attacked by Asthma, from
which he suffered for years. lie writes
his misery was often so great that ii
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but DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
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young. 15c. and 25c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
A Story of Sterility,
SUFFERING AND RELIEF.
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 6o,Is6l

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

E. E. Turner, Compton, Mo-, was
cured of piles by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve after suffering seventeen years
and trying over twenty remedies.
Physicians and surgeons endorse it. Be.
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Bros, East Mlddlebury; G. w. Sowle
West Cornwall; ID. HI. Bennett, Bird
port; c. B. Kendall, Shoreham; F. C.
Dyer, West Salisbury; w. b. French
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

Chester II Brown, Kalamazoo, Mich,
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of severe case Of Indigestion; can
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Digest what you eat without aid from
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Bros, East MiddIebury; C. w. Sowle,
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c. B. Kendall, Shoreham; F. G. DYER,
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c. &. Frost, Cornwall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
.Your Medicine Worked wonders.-

81 had been sick ever since my mar
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
Dog Leaves Home to Live With Foxes

Cascade Township, Lycoming coun-
ty. has dog that was stolen by foxes,
and which now lives in the woods with
the sly animals that stole it. y. j.
Maloney, farmer Of the township,
had had several chickens stolen by the
foxes. Mr. Maloncy was not the only
person who missed some of his chick
ems. There were others. Some of the
neighbors waited with shoiguns for the
thieves, and four or five foxes were
killed.
Instead of doing that Mr.. Maloney
put IA -month-old pUp in kennel
near the chicken coop. lie thought the
dog would brighten the foxes away:
but he was mistaken. The first night
that the pup was put on guard the
foxes made raid. and. besides one or
two chickens. stole the dog. 1t was
thought that the foxes had killed the
dog; but several nights ago the dog
was seen going along the edge of the
mountains with two foxes. The dog
has assumed the slyness of fox and
can run nearly as fast as the foxes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
The Morgan Horse and Register
NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.

The Morgan Horse and Register, Vo!
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Justin Morgan, founder of this remark
able American breed of horses, and of
his most noted sons and grapdsons, and
some 5000 other stations fOaled before
1881, tracing to him in male line, and
1000 horses registered according to the
rules of the Morgan Register. Also his
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whose blood appears in so many of the
fastest trotters and PAGERS of the country,
with account of the great Canadian
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also breeding of the famous brood mare
sire, Seely's American Star, sire of dam
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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
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

DeWitt's Little Early Risers per-
manently cure chronic constipation,
biliousness, nervousness and WORKOUT
feeling; cleanse and regulate the entire
system. Small, pleasant, never grippe
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Isaac Storms, Middlebury; B. G. Peck or
Day Bros. East Mddlebury; C. w. Sowle,
West Cornwall; d. II. Bennett, Brdport; c.
B. Kendall, Shoreham; F. c. Dyer. West
Salisbury; W. b. French, Orwell; c. c. Frost.
Cornwall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

overcome that feeling. They are not
fair sample of the race; and cannot ex-
pect anyone who has formed his Judge
ment on the subject merely from OBJ
servations of that type to express an
opinion similar to mine, as recorded
above. -Brattleboro Reformer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
cEN LAYTON ON THE FlLlPlNos.

Rev. Peter MacQueen, pastor OF the
Congregational church in Somerville,
who has been for months with our army
in the island of Luzon, writes in the
Boston Congregationalst of an inter-
view which he had with Maj Gen. Henry
/ w. Lawton. Here is what the general
said of the native people:
The Filipinos are very fine set of SOL
ders. They are far better than the In
dians. The latter never fight unless
they have the absolute advantage. The
Tagals are what | would call civilized
race. They are good mechanics, imita-
tive-they manufacture everything.
They have arsenals and cartridge fac
tories and powder mills. They can
manufacture everything they need.
There is a rude arm they are getting the
knack of making. Taking everything
into consideration, the few facilities they
have, the many drawbacks, they are a
very ingenious and artistic race. And
taking into account the disadvantages
they have to fight against in arms, equip
ment and military discipline, without ar
tillery, short of ammunition, powder in
ferior, shells reloaded until they are
defective, inferior in every particular of
equipment and supplies, they are the
bravest men have ever seen.
The Filipinos are not military by ma
ture. They are rather domestic in tastes
and habits, peace-loving and industrious.
Nine-tenths of the people of the islands
will strongly favor peace, even at the
&c Of xufc hou
and hopes.
Among the Filipinos there are many
cultured people who would ornament So
ciety anywhere in the world. Ladies
who have studied and travelled, men
who have had good education and a
fine brain. Take them as a class, there
can as many of them read and write as
the inhabitants in many places in Amer
lea. AS for their treachery, you would
not have to come so far as this to find
that. There is plenty of it in North
America. All nations are treacherous
more or less. Some men and nations
have treachery trained out of them more
than others. What we want is to stop
this accursed war. 1t is time for diplO-
macy, time for mutual understandings.
These men are indomitabe. At Bacoor
bridge they waited till the Americans
brought their cannon to within 80 yards
of their trenches. Such men have the
right to be heard. All they want is a
little Justice. | established a civil gov
eminent at Beliuag, with the govern
ment entirely in the hands of the ma
tives. 1t worked to perfection. All
these people need for self government is
the protection of our troops till affairs
have quleted, and then they will, have
no doubt, advance as rapidly as the
japanese, perhaps more rapidly. l am
very well impressed with the Fiiplnos.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

John A. Logan, son of the late Gen.
John A. Logan, has been appointed by
the president major in the volunteer
army and assigned to the 33d Infantry.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

"Best on the market for coughs and
colds and all bronchial troubles; for
Group it has no equal" writes Henry r..
Whitford, South Canaan, Conn, of One
Minute Cough Cure.
Isaac Stems, Middlebury; b. G. Peck, or
Day Bros, East Mlddlebury; c. W. Sowie,
West Cornwall; d. IL. Bennett, Bridport;
Salisbury; W. B. French, orwell C. c. Frost,
Cornwall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

The American colony in Yokohama
are showing their patriotism by feeding
and showering attentions on the troops
bound to and from Manila.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
SEARCHING FOR ANDREE.


The latest Arctic explorer to report
no trace of Andree. the missing aero
naut, is Walter Wellman, whose expedi-
ton ended abruptly and unfortunately
when the young American was on the
verge of the icy region alone penetrated
by Nansen. His is precisely the same
empty report that has been made from
time to time during the last couple of
years. The fate of the daring balloon
navigator and his companions is almost
as mysterious today as ever.
However, these disheartening state
ments by the men who have returned
from the Arctic in recent months are
useful because they narrow the space
in which any sign of the aerial ad-
venturers Is likely to be found. 1t has
been demonstrated, for instance, that
Andree did not land near the familiar
Arctic routes. Spitzbergen, Franz
Josef Land, the coasts north of this
continent and the neighboring coast of
Greenland have all been examined in
vain, but each fruitless examination
has simply encouraged Andree's friends
to explore the remaining Arctic territory
as quickly and theoretically as possible.
At present an expedition, under the
direction of Nathorst, distinguished
scientist, is searching the eastern coast
of Greenland. The ship that took the
company across from Norway has Just
returned to report that Nathorst and
his comrades were landed on Sabine
Island, which is about 800 miles north
of any native settlement. German eX
plorers visited 1t years ago, and, ac.
cording to their maps, 1t is as wild and
desolate spot as there is on earth. IT,
as Nathorst argues, Andree landed
north of it, the chances are that he
never could reach the settlements to the
south unassisted. 1t is this theory that
that buoys up Nathorst's hone that his
exploration may be successful. If he
should return unsuccessful, the territory
left to examine will be small indeed
and, consequently, the chances of ever
finding the aeronaut will have diminished
almost to zero.
Above all this searching shines one
grand thought, that men willing to lay
down their life for a friend are a;
numerous as they were in the days Of
ancient chivalry.-Boston journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
A Veteran CycIist.

A bronzed cyclist, whose wheel carried
luggage Weighing 40 pounds, rode up to
the Brattleboro House recently and in
troduced himself as Major Edward A.
Weed. The major was born in Con-
necticut IS years ago. He served with
distinction in the civil war, first in the
First Connecticut Artillery and later in
the Pennsylvania troops. He has been
the publisher of several newspapers in
California and Oregon since 1874, and in
1912 took the car "Oregon on Wheels"
nearly 12,000 miles through the Eastern
and Middle states. He was on the staff
of the Chicago Tribune during the
Worlds Fair, returning to Oregon In
1895. He left Portland October l, 1896.
on tour through Oregon, California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico
as correspondent and travelling agent of
the Olympic, San Francisco, and con-
tributOr to Eastern journals. His object
in visiting Mexico was to secure Inform
alton and views for an illustrated lecture
and descriptive book of travels. He
rode 1850 miles in Oregon, California,
Arizona. New Mexico and Texas before
crossing the Rio Grande at Ell PasO into
Mexico March l, 1897. He travelled
leisurely ana did not reach the city of
Mexico until Sept. 6. All over the
Mexican republic or In 20 states, Major
Weed travelled on his wheel, on horse
back, on railroads and by various con-
veyances until February 3, 1890, whe n
he left that country by steamer to
Havana and after a short stop reached
New York February II, 1899, having
travelled little over 1900 miles. OF
this distance II ,463 miles were ridden on
his bicycle, which included Sl13 miles In
the Mexican republic. He has now
ridden 1906 miles in the New England
states. This was his first visit to Ver-
mont. He came here from Keene and
returned to that city via Bellows Falls
Phoenix.
The amount of gold certificates ex-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

Mrs. Sadie Shapiro of Brooklyn
charges neighbor with having burned
Mrs. Shapiro's baby's feet with red-hot
poker.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

Bad blood and indigestion are deadly
enemies to good health. Burdock Blood
Bitters destroys them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

1--WE have walked eleven miles this
morning without stopping" said one
Filipino soldier, discontentedly.
That's So" answered the other.
I'VE might as well join a golf club and
be done with 1t. "-Washington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15
About 49,, 200 is said to be In sight for
the Dewey Home fund.

Gypsies attempted to kidnap little
girl at Newburg, N. y, but bystander,
interfered.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-15

The amount of gold certificates ex-
changed for gold and bullion to date is
800, 55G, 800.
The advent of the trolley in Yokohama
has led to strong protest against the
competition by the inrikisha men.