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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26

There is probably no other commodity
that the average man is more willing t.
give TO his neighhors aud more unwill-
ing to receive than advice. The reason
Tor this may be easily seen. Advice is
v'ry frequently given in the wrong spirit.
aud 1t is probably more frequently given
by those who have neither the preroga-
tive nor the ability to give advice that
Is OF value. Advice given in the proper
spirit and from all adequate source NAV
be OF very great value. Experience is a
good teacher. aud it is necessary for II,
to experiment; nevertheless we cannot
afford to learn everything 10y expert
ence-we must be guided by the coun-
sci Of others who have experimental for
us.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26
Notice of Public Hearingon
License Application.

Notice Is hereby given that on the
10Th day Of April, \. u. 1907, Martin
7. tlaherty Of the Town of Brighton. in
the County Of Essex, made application
to the board OF License Commissioners
tor the Town OF Brighton for a second
class license to sell intoxicating liquors
at the building on Cross street, known
as the Cross Street Pharmacy, on the
ground floor, in said Town OF Brighton.
aud that public hearing Oh said appl
cation will Toe held AT the Town Clerk :
office IN Town OF Brighton on the 27th
day OF April. 1907, al } o'clock in the
afternoon, at which time ali persons ill.,
tereSted may attend and make objection
Il any they have why said license should
not be granted.
\. \. Pomeroy
Q l.. Mansur.
ID, {. Toss.
Commissioners.
Dated April 10, 1907.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26
FORESTRY NOTES

What does lie plant who plants tree
lie plants cool shade aud tender rain
The seed and bud Of days to be.
And years that fade and flush again
He plants the glory of the plain
He plants the forests heritage;
The harvest Of a coming age
The JOY that unborn eyes shall see
These things he plants who plants tree
Henry {. Bunuer in tue Century.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26

In response to the question. "How
can the Women's Club help in the bet
ter observance OF Arbor Day in the pub
tic schools the report of the Forestry
Committee of the Maine Federation
gives the following practical ideas =
BY interesting the teachers. pupils
and parents III identifying and in.prov.
Ing school grounds = We would
urge upon the clubs OF the Federation to
look TO these things in their immediate
vicinity, and impress upon the children
and people the Scotch Injunction. "When
we've naething else to do. Jack, plant a
tree; it'll ave he growing when we're
sleepin'"* This idea of interest
ing the children in nurturing aud caring
Tor flowers and trees, of awakening ia
them a feeling of responsibility for their
school grounds aud room seems to me
such happy thought. such safeguard
to throw around them; for what more
refining. enohliag, eleyating influence
can there be than to educate their eyes
to see the beautiful in Nature. to arouse
III them love for every living thing ?
Shall we not see to it that Arbor Day is
observed in practical way in way
that shall beautify the town, aud that
sail educate the child and devotion his
moral nature in the right direction :
Let the clubs arrange with the schools
for its observance, aud help with heart
and hand"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26

Spring. aud NOW is the time for the
cleaning up of streets. and parks. aud
yards. Village improvement societies
may vel he planning this and that
change in local conditions. il order to
make the village parks more beautiful.
and the genera, appearance more attrac-
tive, and in such work every land or
cottage owner should do his or her part
The rnsishtjy Things ike. broken down
wagons ,Ieds, moving machines. piow>,
etc, SHOULD he removed from the front
var Is. the lawn fences should be put ia
perfect repair, and the gates hung on
noiSeleSS hinges. The private walks
should he made smooth and regular. the
lawns eaued OF brush and leaves. the
trees trimmed and the shrubbpry trained
into artistic shapes. Possibly the front
door steps need a little rradig,tm-nt, or
some barn or shed windows. broken by
the winters wind call for manling All
these and other little Thugs, it i we'll
to have in mind as sometime 70 b..
done as soon as the weather !. RIGHT
Oftimes five dollars worth Of paint viii
accomplish Twenty-Five dollars worth If
improvement. 4 little work on the
part of every one who ,bop,d faal a.,
interest in the We'll orda,irg If tho
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26

Vermont is predestined for forest
growing state. The important thing is
to realize our heritage. The time ee-
ment is such that We must look to the
State for leadership. The State must
recognize its obligations in regard to
protection against fire; there must be a
state commission, state nursery aud
trained leadership and in time there
shall be Il state forest from
an address by the chairman of the Stale
Forestry Association of Vermont to the
Lyndouville Women's Club.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26

Dated April 10. 1907.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-04-26

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Dated April 10, 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
MISCELLANEOUS
REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE. s90 per month for 100 months. 1o-room house renting now for $l5 per month 3l3 1lth street; lot 30x90 feet. No. 5l9 N. 17th st., { rooms. lot 3SxlOo s3.50. Terms easy. Lot 12th ave. and 17th st.. corner. 6oxi25. s125O: one-third cash, balance, 1 and ? years. 2c0-acre farm with water-power gin. corn mill and wheat mill, within 60 miles of Birmingham
 L. c. PETTYJOHN, Phones 1l0l and 465. 1S261s Sd Ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
WOULD TEACH CHILDREN
 THE ART OF GAMBLING

not fool away their money in the ma chimes when they go for boat ride on the lake, and it is reasonable to suppose that grown men and women would be- ware of them if they had learned to figure chances when they were in school In the penny machines in the cigar stores the probabilities are harder to figure. You play a cent in the machine and If you get two pairs from a revolving pack of cards always exposing the faces of five, you win a fve-cent cigar. In most of the machines you must get jacks up or bet ter" in order to win. Any poker player i will bet you a chip on any deal that you will not have as good as q pair of treys and the chances that you will have two pairs as good jacks up must be at least 20 to l.
 Wherever and whenever children or grown people play their money against the machine the machine is going to win. That's what it is there for Most people know this in a general way, no doubt, but they do not calculate the precise chances against them. If they did they would be less likely to play because figures and mathematical reasoning are great dampeners for the spirit of specu- lation. Of course some men lose their heads entirely. They become fiends for the poker table or the poolroom, and play even when they know they are bound to lose. But even these might have been saved in the beginning by a. calculation of the probabilities. If they had been taught when children to figure the chances before they took a hazard they might have drawn back before the habit fastened itself upon them.
 If nobody gambled except for amuse- ment, and if everybody beforehand made a calculation as to how much they were prepared to pay for that amusement realizing that the expectation in every case was loss, the worst evil of gam bling would be eliminated The only diff preventing a man from being carried away by his excitement. What people should know is that to bet against a bank or a syndicate, a slot machine a book maker, game of poker or bridge with rake off is a bad investment. Of course, everybody. knows that gambling is immoral. They should know, too, that it is unproftabe.
 Even where all the stakes are distribut- ed evenly and fairly among the players that is, where there is no rake off or percentage against the better-gambling is a poor investment on the ground that bush" The loss of the bird in hand means a definite loss of income. The dol lars you risk you could save or invest in the saner pleasures and comforts of life. The dollars you may win cannot be re- garded as income-and you may not, prob ably will not win them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
THE HOUSE OF JEFFERSON

stood as those of ones dearest friend. When he thoroughly understands the moods and the idosycrancies of this stage creation he endeavors in his work to adopt and conform himself to the personality of the character. He lives the part. In a performance of Bob Acres, he is Bob Acres. As far as out ward appearances go Willie Jefferson may have just as well never been born. When playing a part he conforms to the lines laid down by the author. Other wise he does exactly as he feels the part would have done under similar conditions in real life. He is a creature Of circum- stances, of environment of the moment yet as different as his performances may be each one possesses an individuality and an effervesoent keenness of under standing. His work scintillates with a feeling of good fellowship and friendli- ness that extends over the footlights into the furthermost corners of the hearts of the audience.
 The fathers methods were of still an- other kind and are best described by his own word. He called it instinct" We call it genius but whatever 1t was, he simply knew, and knowing, he lived up to his ideas, so it is easily seen that it is just one more case of individuality.
 If success is living and utilizing ones abilities" has been claimed. it is just as true that success may be attained in as many ways as in which one may live. Clothes don't make the man neither does opportunity guarantee success. Fame and prominence are seldom thrust upon any one who hasn't earned them. The only true and positive road to the king dom of success, toward which every man. woman and child seems to be travelling is understanding yourself and what you can do and then convincing the world that you possess earth's greatest re- quirement, individuality"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
 Dr. H. G. Burnham thinks children in school should be taught to calculate prob- abilities as a part of their course III ele- mentary arithmetic. Then they would know better than to play slot machines or buy prize packages. And when they grow up they would shun the bookmaker, the lottery and the roulette wheel.
 The ordinary gambler speeulates partly because he loves the excitement and thrill of the game, but mainly. hs will assure you as he assures himself, he is buoyed on by the hope of winning. He does not stop to figure out his chances. If he sees only that by risklng dollar he has a chance to win a hundred. If he had been taught in school to see that really the chances were 200 to l against him., and that he was betting a dollar against SJ cents, he would keep his money in his pocket. Of course the man who plays tho races knows the odds of the book are against him. He brides himself. however, that he is a wise reader of the dope sheet" and that he can overcome the odds by superior cunning. He knows that he cant win on his luck for this "brealls even" in the long run.
 But the man who plays against a ma chine. if he has taken the elementary course in the law of probabilities, can suffer under no delusions and cannot give bound to lose. The odds on the machine arc against him. And even if they were rot i, is entirely likely that the machine wound win. An old gambler contends that if a man matched pennies all day every day for a month against a purely me- chauical device he would quit heavy loser. The only way he could keep even would be to start out with heads or tails and then go away and leave the machine at work, never changing his bet. If he remained to watch the operation he would be sure to lose his head and begin to guess" against the relentless mechan- ism, and then he would lose.
 In the ordinary coin paying slot ma chine the dieal shows alternate reds and blacks. nterspersed here and there with quarters. halves and perhaps s1. The player wins cents on the read, cents on the black 20 cents on the quarter 45 cents on the half and 95 cents on the dollar. The dals differ, but suppose there are 90 reds, 90 blacks. 10 quarters, five halves and one dollar: The chances against you then on the red or black are 46 to 30; on the quarter. 66 to 24; on the half 7l to "A, and on the dollar, 75 to 19 Most players, it is said prefer the larger sums as a hazard in the coin machines although the probabilities against them are much greater. Again. they are dazzled by the chance of winning a large sum at a small risk Really they are betting their nickel against three cents on the red or black and against two cents or less on the larger sums.
 If the children knew this they would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Boy Before the Bar.

Humor and pothos alternate in a start ling fashion in the childrens court, says the Delineator for September. Constant contact with hard conditions has often developed in the young offenders a stoic camness and the trails of tears are not so numerous as one would expect.
 Coffee Schlinsky'' is the euphonious name of a youth who is charged with the heinous offense of using slng-shot in a public park He, in fact, had aimed at sparrow and hit a peddler, and nat urally the latter was wroth. The judge explains how dangerous it is to throw missiles in public place. Again 1t is the lesson of the rights of others. and that the bigger the crowd the less are the rights of the individual. So often is this lesson told to the youth that the city would suppress and repress.
 How did you come to do it?' the court finally asked.
 Now Coffee belongs to that large class of boys who in their eager search for information devour everything read able that comes within their reach. Neither his father nor his mother could read or write English, but Coffee is rapidly making up for any deficiency in that direction.
 Coffee squares his little shoulders and looking the judge straight in the eye, asks:
 Didn't I read in the papers that the bird season was openT'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
ONE GENT 4 WORD RATES--One eest wsra n day, as cd. taken for less thaz zS ceats fss nrst insertion. Cash nusf accom- pan } every order.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. s25OO-5 rooms. corner lot. 10ox190. barn, West End. B-39 s225O-j rooms. barn and tenant house, West End. MA sl75O-5 rooms, elevated. Rising station. MS
 $3OOO-Four 4-room houses. 7th avenue. north, rent S32 per month M-31 s5SO0-S-room furnace-heated, South High lands. easy terms. W-17 S6000- 0--9-room furnaee-heated. 12th avenue, south; 5000 cash. balance to suit. F-5 S6250-7-room Bradley street. lot 50xl56 I-9
 S250O-5 rooms. north 10th avenue: s5OO cash balance s25 per month. A-25 s70OO--S rooms. new, corner lot. 60xl90, hardwood noors Norwood. C-2o 6s acres, North Birmingham, splendid tract for subdivision. K-5
 FOR RENT. We have a large number of desirable houses and business places to rent A..--A s:@.w% A .@r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Anglin Realty & Ins. Co. Phones 1923 2117 First Ave

FOR SALE. S2250--Pretty Norwood lot. s7000-Norwood home, E. front. $1100-Good lot 23 St. II and F Ayes. $7500-2-story res, 25 St., near 12 Ave. $37O0-Good home N. Higlds., near Rush Ave.
 $S250-Large N. side cor. rents $7S0. $l1,0O0-2-story corr res. near depot. $i2, ,b00-50x140 4 Ave. near 26 St. 15,0O0-50x140 8 Ave g and g Sts. s45. 45.000-Handsome bus. block, pays D. c. $75O0-3 Ave. cor improved. s22. 2.500-Good bus. property, pays $2i0o. $7000-2-story new S. Highlds. res. s5250-Nice R. s. 18th St., res $3150-Handsome S. Higlds. lot 70x200. S4500- Modern 2-story s. Higlds. res. $3650-Handsome new 2-story W'lawn res. S2250-5 choice West End lots.
 FOR RENT. 10 R. S. Higlds. res. 12l3 St. Charles St. New handsome brick store.
 R. MCCONNELL | CO.,, Phones S10. 2lo7 Sd Ava
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28

A depleted city treasury would mean fewer school days for the children and more time for them at the polls. Do you want to see 1t?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28

"The wave of prohibi on,' cries the advocate side of the question. Ma. but with its false doctr cannot break over the co and rock walls of Je county. These walls al pregnable against t slaughts of fanaticism | down upon them by saries from Maine and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
FOR RENT

RESIDENCES-NOR
 1S10 Rush Ave, 10 rooms. ms..............S3o. 100 HOS 32nd street. rooms .............. 40.00 1221 18th street 9 rooms ............ S1.o0 1109 23rd street. 6 rooms ....... 27. 50 1919 Rush Ave. 3 rooms ........... 5000
 RESIDENCEs-SOU
 S24 22nd St.. ' rooms ............... 3o.00 1213 St Charles. 10 rooms ........ 5000 S13 18th street, rooms ........... 25.o0 Sl1 12th street, 10 rooms ............ 4o.D 1757 18th Ave, rooms .... 4o.W 1730 14th Ave, : rooms .............. 4o.W 1lOl 11th Ave, 19 rooms ............ 65.O0 2729 Barron Ave, rooms .....,...... oo.N Lincoln street, 10 rooms .......... T5.00 Avenue k and 21st, rooms ......... 3o.W Ave .E and 2lst. rooms ......... 1000
 RESIDENCES-SUB
 G427 1st Ave, Woodlawn, rooms.. 3o.0 1Oi 59th St., Woodlawn, 9 rooms.... 25.W Berry St, near Beverly Sta, rms. 1o.0O no Oak St, West End. rooms .... 2o.o0 ll2 Oak St, West End, rooms .... 2o.W 1416 3rd Ave West End. rooms. ... 1900 Greene Sta, Earle Place, rooms. 2i.oO We also have a number of first-class stores for rent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28

History repeats itself. If pro hibition carries in Birmingham it will kill this city just as it has Portland, Maine. Are you as a business man willing to try the experiment?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Rooms-WANTED-Board

GEHTLEMAN, wife and two e6iIdren desire board. one large or two medium
 sized connecting rooms; private family preferred; location, South Highlands, not exceeding four blocks from Drennen school; references; address stating To- cation and terms, A. N. F., care Age Herald. 10-24-it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28

Prohibition would drive cap- ital and population from lief ferson county just as it did in Maine. Do you want it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
BUSINESS CHANGES

PARTNER with sl0oO can buy one-half
 interest and take ,harge of office and handle your own money Tn manulacIur-
 ing business already established in Bir-
 mngham; experience not necessary; , references exchanged. Address W.. 1. care Age-Herald, W-e-tt
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-16
YER|NCTON RED METAL

o. A. Dockham, President of the Red
Metal Mining Co., and f. F. Adams,
General Manager of the same company,
came in from Reno Thursday on a visit
to their property, which lies in the cop
per zone on the east wall of Mason VAL
ley. They were here for the purpose of
arranging for development work on
their claims, 10 in number. They have
some very promising ground and are
going to open it up in good shape.
When the power line comes in they will
probably connect with it and go after
the red metal in hot style. A crew of
men is now at work on the property un-
der the management of Sam Savage, and
there is, at the present writing every
indication of opening up large body of
high grade ore in the very near future.
Mr.. Adams is one of the promoters of
the Blue Light Copper Co., of Nina,
which has of late attracted a great deal
of attention among mining men. 1t is
stated that this company has been offer
ed 50, 900, 900 for that property by Phila-
delphia people, but refused it. 1t is the
hope and intention of the Red Metal
people to make another Blue Light prop
erty out of their Yerington district pos
sessions
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-16
NICKEL AND COBALT
IN LUDWIG mine

While the famous Ludwig mine of this
district is noted for its splendid speci-
men copper ore carrying as it does
nearly every known formation of copper
from carbonates and oxides to native
copper-it is not generally known that
in former years the mine produced Co
bait and nickel of considerable value.
Along in the eighties, while the mine
was being worked in small way by the
former owners, among whom were ]. D..
Ludwig, after whom the mine was named
ore containing as high as 40 per cent
nickel and cobalt was extracted and sold
at fancy price per ton. This quality
of ore was obtained at no great depth,
probably not deeper than 100 feet. 1t is
probable that the new owners of the
property know just what they have i'll
the mine, and again it is possible that
they do not, having been satisfied with
the knowledge that they have one of the
richest copper mines in the world
With the knowledge that cobalt and
nickel existed at no great depth in the
Ludwig mine from the surface, it is
possible that this material continues with
depth and that it will be encountered in
paying quantities The Ludwig mine is
a wonder as it is, but should it become a
nickel and cobalt producer as we'll as a
producer of dozen different characters
of copper ore it would be the greatest
wonder of the age.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-16
LOOK FOR Cement

Now that considerable building is to
be done in Yerington it might be good
idea for some. one to go out into the sur
rounding hills and discover cement
deposit material from which Portland
cement can be manufactured. Every
thing else has been found in the noun
tains hereabouts and there is no reason
why cement deposit should not be dis
covered. The rock that scomes from the
old copper mine across the river makes
a fine covering for street work. 1t con-
sists of lime, silica and granite and when
pulverized and wet hardens into sort
of cement itself. 1t may be that this
material, when properly treated, would
make good cement. Certain it is that
we need some kind of material for
building purposes this Spring and Sum-
nler, and cement block buildings would
be just the thing for this country cool
III Summer and warm in Winter. owing
to the airspace that the block buildings
leave in the walls. No lumber can be
had, apparently, and buildings will have
to be erected from cement or stone. A
cement mine would be paving piece of
for seasons to come; SO get out and hus-
tie one, Mr.. Prospector.
The raw materials used in the manu-
facture of Portland cement are limestone,
which must be free of magnesium car
Donate, and shale or clay A good
limestone for cement should carry about
SO per cent. lime, not great deal of
silica, a small percentage of ferric oxide
and some alumina. This, with shale and
sufficient iron present to insure fusible
cement matrix would do the work The
gypsum for use as a set retarder of the
cement can be had in abundance close by.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-16
ANOTHER COMPANY
FOR THIS DISTRICT
Utah People Gather in More
Promising Copper Property.

The Yerington Nipper Copper Com
pany is the name of new company or
ganized under the laws of Utah, by Utah
people, to mine for the red metal in this
district. The company is capitalized for
l 900, 900 with the par value of the stock
placed at 81 per share. The president
of the company is Stephen A. Love and
J. T. Harris is Vice President, while the
other members of the company make it
one of the strongest that has entered the
mining field i'll this district
The property acquired is the four
claims adjoining the Gallagher and Forey
claims in the Mason Pass section of the
district. There are some excellent sur
face showings on the ground, which lies
at the northern end of the great copper
zone which traverses the western edge
of Mason Valley. Extensive develop
ment work is to be commenced at once
by this company, and there is every in
dication that they will soon be showing
up property that will be of great value.