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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
MOTOR CAR RACE TRACK.
Southern California Has the Largest
One In America.

The first, II not the only. track built
expressly for automobile racing In
America is almost finished at Lake.
side, in San Diego county. Cal, says
the Los Angeles Times. The christen-
ing OF the track will in MI proba ability
he by a race between Barney Oldfield
In the Green Dragon and Bruno Siebel
In the rebuilt 900, which has been
painted black and will appear for its
resurrected racing debut under the
name of the Flying Dutchman.
John II. Gay is the man responsible
for the building of the track. He owns
1900 acres at Lakeside. which is about
twenty miles from San Diego, and he
has constructed the track at his own
expense
The track is two miles around. one
Of the largest tracks in the world and
said to be the largest In America. The
form is egg shaped and with so large
a track this shape gives practically no
corners. The radius of the curve at
the larger end is 1000 feet and at the
smaller 600 feet. Compared with most
courses on which motor racing has
been held this will appear almost
straightaway.
The absolute straightaway Of this
track is three-quarters of mile on
each side. leaving half mile for the
turns.
The width is sixty feet, very gen.
erous size, Five racing cars could
come up abreast on the straightaway
without any danger, larger number
than can he placed on the majority OF
tracks. At the turns the outside Is
heavily banked. So that there is no
danger Uf cars going wide at the cor
nerS
The surface is clay. heavily packed
and very smooth. The finishing work
is now being done, and after the final
touches the track will not be profaned
by the steel shoes of horses. SO that
there should not he break in the sur
face
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

post. Before il is served ii is chlorO-
formed or knocked in the head with an
AK. II is then brought to the table in
little square sections about the size of
domino 1t is served at the close of
meals, together with black coffee. 1t
usually has a running mate in the
shape of round cracker that has to he
broken with maui.
RoQuefort cheese j. of duh white
color except in spots. where murtilica-
tion has set in. Some claim il 10 be IN
habited, but this is not true. Even the
intrepid and mephitjc microbc fees
from ii as we tlee from pcStileuce
We have seen Limburgrr cheese strong
enough to shoulder two hu~hal sack
of wheat, but piece of Roqucfort the
size of dice can carry an election.
Limbrger is Il rose gnran.m when
compared with kpIuefOrt There is rs
much difference between them as there
is between the lur of a ki5leu and the
roar Of Il lion. y man who wilt put il
is an open SenulcApr HG should be
quarlutncd or driven m3b tlr wilder
ness and never again allowed TO look
into the face of human being
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
BLOCK TO STOP TRAINS.
This Ohio Invention May Decrease the
Number of Wrecks

Should safety signal device, just
invented by Fred Bestor. an electrician
at Charllon. o.. and other parties. be
adopted by railroads which seems
likely. the number of wrecks should be
greatly reduced and railway travel
made absolutely safe so far as col
lsions are concerned, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer Bestor's invention
is for use Oh electric lines while that
of the others is for steam roads
With the invention an engineer might
fall asleep but the moment his engine
passed over block signal his train
would come to Il stop. whether the
block be set at danger or clear. 1t is
understood that the Southern railroad
has offered Restor n large sum for the
rights Of the invention. Bestor Is now
considering an offer from the Pennsyl-
vania company which. If he accepts.
will make him wealthy and give him n
life position.
The engine is equipped with a mag
net and an automatic switch, which
remains closed unless opened by the
engineer A wire brush is placed on
the side of the engine to make contact
with thirty foot rail placed at the
block signal at an elevation OF about
six inches above the main rails.
The magnet on the engine Is con
nected by lever with valve on the
automatic air brake system. When
the brush on the side of the engine
comes in contact with the thirty foot
rail, it makes an electrical connection
which trips the air valve. thus auto
matically throwing on the brakes and
stopping the train.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
MEERSCHaUM IN NEW MEXICO
Enough Discovered There to Supply tho
Whole World With Pines,

Because NJ the discovery Of vast de
poSits "f menrschaum in the noun
tainS nf New Mexico il is likely that
the monopoly of that mineral hereto
fore held hy the Turkish government
will be broken. and pipes Of that mate
rial will I've ln>Sened in cost. says the
Kansas City Star.
Untll recently all Of the meerschaum
used IN the commerce Of the world
was produced from mine in the
plains Of Eskihi-Sher. Anatolia, Turkey.
In Asia. In those mines are employed
10000 men. The output Of the mine
was owned by the Turkish govern
ment. and II kept the price up.
There Is popular belief that meer-
schaum is petrined sea foam washed
up ages ago and solldified by some
strange process Of nature Meer-
fists as "sepiolite" 1t is composed
principally of silica and magnesium.
II is found in assures in the rock
where volcanic action has forced il up
to the surface.
NccrSchaum is used not only for
making tobacco pipes. but because OF
its unique properties OF resisting a
high degree OF heat and its ready alb
sorptlon Of water It is put TO various
electrical and mechanical uses
In the mines of New Mexico solid
block Of mcerschaum weighing forty
two pounds was taken out. II was
the largest block of meerschaum ever
mined
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
DISASTER POSTAL CARDS.
Made From Material That Has Fig
ured In Some Accident.

The disaster postal is one of the lat
est forms of the souvenir postal craze,
1t is fashioned from some material
which has figured in an accident or
calamity and is properly labeled and
dated.
The collision off Noyes Beach by
which the steamer Larchmont was
lost. furnished number Of these
cards. They were made of a piece of
a sail. cut regulation postal card size.
and on the back was printed; Piece
of sail from wreck Of schooner Harry
Knowlton at Noyes Beach, II, |. Wreck
ed by collision with steamer Larch-
mont Feb. II, 1907"
The cloth was about an eighth of an
inch thick and on its face bore the
address and the usual stamp. San
Francisco and Kingston have furnish
ed any number of these p0Stals. From
railroad wrecks have been sent pieces
of car cushions or Pullman draperieS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

Horses wear snowshoes in Dakota
III winter. Thus equipped they trot
otherwise sink out ot sight says the
Minneapolis Journal. In some parts Of
Dakota the snow lies all winter long
eight or ten feet deep But crust
forms ON it, and with snowshoes men
skim over il easily, Lately the snow
shod horses have also skinned over
It. The equine snowshoes are made
of boards twenty inches long and four
teen inches wide. An indentation to fit
the foot is branded on each board with
n hot horseshoe, aud the contrivance
is fastened on the hoof with an iron
clamp and bolt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
On EsIIinu In Love.

Falling in love is the one illogical
adventure. the one thing of which we
are tempted to think as supernatural,
I'm our trite and reasonable world. The
effect is out of all proportion to the
cause. Two persons, neither OF them
it may be, very amiable or very beau
tiful, meet, speak little and look Il
little into each others eyes. That has
been done a dozen or so of times in
the experience Of either with no great
result. But on this occasion all is diff
ferent They fall at once into that
state in which another person becomes
to us the very giSt and center point of
Gods creation ANA demollSheS our Ia
borious theories with Il smile; in which
our IDEAS are so bound up with the one
MASTER thought that even the trivial
cares of our own person become so
MANY acts Of devotion, and the love OF
life itself is translated into wish TO
remain in the same world with so
precious and desirable a fellow cfea-
ture. And all the while their acqualht-
ances look on in Stupor ana ask each
other, with almost passionate empha-
sis what So-and-so can see III thal
woman or SuCh-an-one in that man
am sure, gentlemen, ! cannot tell
YOUR. l.. Stevenson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

The blOomer girl is due to make her
appearance the first warm day in June
at Atlantic city. says the New York
World The innovation Of the uneX.
purgated bathing suit for gentle wom'
an is the result of the recent visit Of a
bathing suit salesman who arrived
with shapely model and some
dreams" The judges who viewed
the trying on" were unanimous Sew.
ernl thousand orders were booked at
once. Tastes will differ as to the cut
of the trousers, There is decided
tendency to the scantier cut of heavier
cloth as less likely to develop startling
effects when the material is wet. Those
who prefer the Pierrot or ankle length
will be accommodated, though they are
not encouraged.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
No Difference.

Ia Chicago scientist saws that IL the
.arth had not thrown off the fragment
which we Know as the moon there would
be no continents and the highest
form of animate life would be the more
intelligent fish OF the sea.
If it had been the world were In
Had never thrown the moon
Away in space, upon the face
OF earth We're not the boon
or land for us to be upon
And you perhaps were now
A jellyfish. and, like as not.
You are one anyhow.
II 1t were thus. and none Of us
Had ever come ashore
But sported tails and had with scales
Been haply covered DER.
1t might have been the whi.n OF fate
To you in life endow
An octopus. and, like as not.
You are one anyhow.
II II were so that we should grow
AS fish and not as men
And roamed the seas instead Of these
Dry shores why, maybe then
You might be backing through the
depths
Stern first instead Of PROV.
A lobster, and, as like as not.
You are one anyhow.
In case perchance the circumstance
OF having lived at all
Had been to be but fishes. we
Might often need TO call
For help an you came swimming by,
For you. We must allow.
Might be a shark, and, like as not.
You are one anyhow.
CLARK McAdams in st. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

THE CRY OF THE DREAMER.
/ am tired of planning and toiling
In the crowded hives of men,
Heart weary of building and spelling.
And spelling and building again
And | long for the dear old river.
Where / dreamed my youth away,
For dreamer lives forever
And a toilcr dies in a day.
/ am sick of the showy seeming
OF a life that is half a lie.
OF the faces lined with sChoming
In the thl0ng that hurries by;
From the sleepless thoughts cndeavor
| would 20 where the children play,
For a dreamer lives forever,
And thinker dies in day.
l can feel no pride, but pity
For the burdens the rich endure:
There is nothing sweet in the city
But the patient lives of the poor.
Oh the little hands too skillful
And the Chld-mind chokcd with weeds
The daughter heart grown willful
And the fathers heart that bleeds!
No. no! From the streets rude hustle,
From trophies of mart and stage
/ would tiy TO the woods low rustic
And the meadows kindly page.
Let me DIRE am as OF old by the river
And be loved for The dream alway,
For dreamer lives forever,
And toiler dies in day.
John Boyle O'Roilly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
Ex-President Cleveland Is Seventy,

Ex-President Grover Cleveland was
born on March IS. 1897, and therefore
has just completed his seventicth year
Last March some Of his personal
friends passed around quietly among
themselves suggestion that each
should write him a letter or send
telegram of birthday greeting, Soon
after some of those closest to him
formulated plans for a popular nation
al demonstration in recognition Of the
event this year. These preliminary ar.
rangements, which were complete In
almost every detail. were made with
out consultation with Mr.. Cleveland,
and when he became acquainted with
them he declined the honor, though
warmly recognizing the spirit which
had prompted 1t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
Inc Value of Laughter.

Il find nonsense Singularly refresh
ing" said Talleyrand. There is good
philosophy in the saying, Laugh and
grow fat" Laughter begins in the
lungs and diaphragm. setting the liver,
stomach and other internal organs into
quick, ttlly-like vibration which
gives a pleasant sensation and exercise
almost equalto horseback riding. The
heart beats faster sends the blood
bounding through the body, increases
the respiration and gives warmth and
glow to the whole system. Laughter
brightens the eye. increases the perspi-
ration, expands the chest, forces the
POISONED air from the least used lung
cells and tends to restore that eXqui-
site poiSe or balance which we call
health and which results from the har-
monious action of all the functions of
the body. This delicate poSe, which
may be destroyed by a slecpess night,
q piece of bad news, by grief or ankle
ty, Is often wholly restored by a good
hearty laugh. \ jolly physician is often
Letter than all his pills.-O, S. Marden.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
RECORDS N SERVICE.
Congressman Who Have Sat
More Than Twenty Years.
ONLY THREE NOW IN HOUSE.

Longest Continuous Membership That
Of Thomas Newton-General Bina-
ham May Beat It-Speaker Cannon's
Aggregate Terms Next to Highest.
Leslie !. Perry of Washington writes
T. the New York sun:
Up to the time when the Hon John
IL. Kctcham established the record II
had been accepted without question
that the Hon. William :. Holman of
Indiana held the record for length of
service in the national house of repre-.
Hrntatives
a. j. H." in a letter to the sun has
made the interesting discovery that
Thomas Newton of Norfolk. VA. in the
last century sat continuously in the
house for twenty-nine years and five
days. Moreover, that after an interval
of about enc year hc served again for
two years more. or thirty one years aud
live days in all, beating the Holman
record by more than year. Mr.. New
tons long record, however. does not
displace those of Messrs. Ketcham and
Cannon for first and second place
among records for total years Of serv-
lee
All unsung. the almost forgotten and
neglected Newton held the house long
service record for nearly eighty years.
He was not displaced until 1893. when
Mr. ketcham took his record from
him. Such il fame. Mr.. Newton en-.
tered congress In 1901 and left II In
1888
Upon the occasion OF the house eu-
logIes upon Mr.. Holman the suppoSi-
ton that he was the member of long
est service was In good faith alluded
to by several of his surviving col
leagues rs his most distinctive honor.
Another interesting fact is disclosed
by the Newton record. He held and
still holds the record for continuous
house service. an honor long conceded
To- the late Hon. William II. Kelley
The latter served twenty eight years
nnd ten months Mr. Newton twenty.
uine years and five days continuously
The four record holders for continuous
service. therefore IN their order are as
follows:
Thomas Newton, Virginia. twenty.
nine years and five days,
William u. Kelley, Pennsylvania,
twcnty-cight years and ten months.
Henry II. bingham. Pennsylvania.
/ twenty.eight years.
Samuel ]. Randall, Pennsylvania.
twenty years.
II he lives General Bingham who is
still a member of the house. will pass
( the Newton record. inaSmuch as he has
less than one year To serve to do it.
Taking up Newtons name In its
proper place. the record Of tenure of
those who have served more than
twenty years In the house is as fol
| lows:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
New Way to Telephone.

The new way Of using the telephone,
supposed to have been hit upon by one
OF the many health cranKS who are
concerned with keeping clear of germs,
which is to press the receiver against
the chest instead of holding it close to
the mouth and talking in the usual
way, the voice it IS claimed, being
carried perfectly, is now quite popu-
lar in Philadelphia, according to the
Record. The less clothing there is be-
tween the chest and the receiver the
better. but if the pressure he firm the
usual amount of wearing apparel, it is
declared. does not interfere. The sci
entifc explanation of this phenomenon
is that the sounds Of the voice which
are made in the chest are carried by
the bones as they would be by sound
ing board.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
Generous Feelings.

.
do seem to be extraordinarily inter
estcd in Il whole lot Of arts and things
that | have got nothing to do with. 1t
Is part of my generous, liberal ma
ture. | can't help it. feel the same
sort of charity to everybody that was
manifested by gentleman who arriv'
! ed at home ut O'Clock in the morning
/ from the club and was feeling so per
/ fectly satisfied with life. so happy and
SO comfortable. and there was his
house weaving, weaving, weaving
around. He watched his chance, and
! by and by when the steps got in his
ncighhorh)Od he made jump and
climbed up and got on the portico.
And the house went on weaving and
weaving, but he watched the door, and
when it came around his way he plung-
ed through it. He got to the stairs. and
when he went mp on all fours the house
WAS SO unsteady that he could hardly
mallc his way. but ut last he got to the
! ton ANA raised his foot and put it on
the ton step. But only the toe hitched
on the step. ana he rolled down and
rcrcheI lp on the bottom step. with his
urn around the newell post. and he
said, God pity the poor sailors out at
sea on night like this, Mark Twain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

An old missionary who had been
many years in Labrador was at length
compelled to return, his influence all
gone and his mission entirely frultleSS.
A young man was appointed in his
place. and before he went to his assign
ment he thought he would visit his
venerable predecessor and learn from
him the cause of his trouble in the
land of icebergs. The old man received
him very cordially.
MY venerable brother" said the
young man, 81 wish you to tell me the
cause of your difficulty that l may
avert like failure"
"My young friend" said the old
missionary, laying his hand on his
brothers arm this was the rock
split on. | preached to those untu-
tored savages hell that was hot,
and they rather liked the idea Of go
ing there. | think if you preach them
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

The president has issued prOcloma-
ion restoring to the public domain the
Portales national forest. having an
area of 172,6S0 acres. The reserve Is
the east central portion of New
Mexico. its eastern boundary being the
Texas line. 1t was established in Oc-
ober, 1903. as an experiment by the
forest service. but little progress was
made. principally owing to the lack Of
funds. The lands are open to settle
ment for ninety days from March II
before becoming subject to entry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

The model of steamship which Sam
Whitfield out for them was carefully
copied for the first vessel of the great
Cunard line ana became the standard
type for all the magnificent Ships since
constructed by the firm. When Sam
ucl Cunard was knighted, he did not
FORGET that lie owed his honors and his
wealth to conscientious WHITING
"Pushng to the 'FRONT.'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
Two of a Kind.

1t was a sleighing party. One of the
seats contained two gentlemen ana one
lady, the lady sitting in the middle.
After time the gentleman on the
right passed his hand into the lady's
muff. and the lady withdrew her ri ht
hand Vt the same time the gentle
man ON the left pas sed his hand into
the muff, aud the lady withdrew her
left hand There were then some in
dications of an athletic contest. test
OF gripping power, inside of the mutf,
and later the lady, raiSin" her two
hands, said. 1T is very selfish of you
two to take my mulf when my hands
are freezing"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
Rouuefort Cheese.

Roouefort cheese is made In France
from the milk Of certain breed OF
sheep. which are fed on wild thyme.
Thylne is kind of aromatic plant
with pungent odor, and after 1t IS
converted into Roqucfort cheese 1t Is
the ,pungentest thing known to man
After this cheese is made it is put III
solitary confinement until its whlskers
hepin TO turn gray and gangrene sets
in. when 1t is taken out and chained TO
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
9 The -
Scrap Book
A Bargain Day.

4 c.argy man, anxious 10 introduce
some new hymn books. directed the
clerk TO give out notice m church in
regard To them Immediately after the
sermon. The clerk, however. had mo-
tice of his own to give with reference
T. the baptism of infants. Accordingly
at the close of the sermon he anuOmc-
ed: All those who have children they
wish baptized please send in their
names at once" The clergyman. who
was deaf. SuppoSing that the clerk was
giving out the hymn book notice. i'm
mediately arose and said, And | want
u say for the benefit of those who
haven't any that they may be obtained
from me any day between ; and 1
o'clock; the ordinary little ones ut II
cents and special ones with red backs
at - cents each"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
n he'll - degrees colder than Labrador
you viii drive them all to repentance.
Tho Wicked Do Not Lnuoh.

The cayiDu>. wicked ana malevolent
rarely laugh. because they are imprcg-
mated with bile and are therefore mo
rose. The naughty. the vain ana the
awkward also laugh very little. for fear
of losing their dignity. The Spanish
people proycrbia!ly grave, are Il good
example Louis Mann.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
Years

There are fourteen others who have
made n record of twenty years each
In the above list there are only three
men who still hold seats in the house
Messrs Cannon Bingham and Payne.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
Break up Your Cold

And cure your Cough with Bauer,s
Laxyne Qulnine Tablets. Guaranteed
to cure Headache and Grippe. Price 25
cents at John w. Thurston's drug store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

:
The more a man loves the more he
must suffer
Beauty refreSheS and strengthens one
like some miraculous food.
Love must always remain allurinS
and fascinating, AS soon rs the mys-
terry is gone the attraction dies.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05

"How much are these Easter liliesr
"A dollar each"
"Pretty steep
"Not when you consider that we
throw in the earth."- Washington Hei-
aid.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
VOL. XXXlV
district Probate Court.

.1id Court will br held at
,.. thirI Wednesday nf No sml''
Can tr aucurd the third "Wednesday
as" 4rd Iuuc, Al LunenhurE the
Cd. ..-.ly o' January "nd July. Al
....... . .u sh- hrSt saturday o' -e"'
most. .. .,,.;t, hr held at any place iu
... .rt H.srccmrnt- -. 49,.
., irB~ add sei t. u W. Wy
nm s>er Il "ui d all VIII r'e''e
Ir.r.. ....f'''"' ,..-..
HERUERT ". BLAKE, ICpGE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-05
A Pity II Is.

A Pity It Is.
In his old age Washington Irving
said. What Il pity it is when we have
grown old we could not turn round and
grow Young again and die of cutting
our teeth"