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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-10-28

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rllng 10 nonder nidt miinl6enSluer.
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-10-28

Eifc's 3abnidlmer5cutropicn fnrt'
rcn in cincr Minntc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
/ have known nothing Of.
Sauce For the Gander.

4 busy merchant was about to leave
home in BrI1ton for trip on the con-
tinent, and hts wife. knowing his aver
sion 10 letter writing, reminded him
gently OF the fact.
Now. John, you must be eyes and
ears for US at home and drop us an
occasional post card telling us any
thing OF interest. Don't forget, will
you. dear"
The husband promised. The next
morning his wife received postal
card: Dear Wife, reached Dover all
right. Yours AFT"
Though somewhat disappointed she
thought her husband must have been
pressed for time. Two days later, how
ever, another card arrived. with this
startling announcement: Here am in
Paris. Yours ever And still later:
Il am indeed in Paris. Yours"
Then the wife decided TO have lit
tie fun and seized her pen and wrote
Dear Husband-The children and /
are at Brixton. Yours
A few days later she wrote again,
I'VE are still in BriXton."
Iu her last communication she grew
more enthusiastic: Dear Husband
Here We are in Brixton. | repeat 1t,
sir we are in Brlxton. p. S.-We are
indeed"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
The Boys Looked After Limpy.

Inc BOYS Looked Ufter limpy.
Here. boy. lei me have paper"
cant"
why not; | heard you crying them
loud enough to be heard at the city
hall"
Yes. but that was down 'tothec
block, We know. where | hollered."
what does that matter: Come. now.
no fooling. I'm in hurry"
couldn't sell you a paper on this
here block. mister, COS it blongs to
Llmpy He's just up the furdest end
now You'll meet him"
And who is Limpy, and why does
he have this block -
"'Cos us other kids agreed to let him
have it, Ye SEE. it's II good run, count
Of the offices all along, and the poor
chap is that lame he can't git around
lively like the rest of us, so we agreed
that the first one caught sellin' on his
beat should be thrashed. See
Yes. | see. You have Il sort OF a
brotherhood among yourselVeS:'
We'll, we're goin' To look out for a
little cove what's lame, anyhow"
There comes Limpy now. He's a
fortunate boy to have such friends
The gentleman bought two papers of
him aud went on his way downtown,
wondering how many men III business
would refuse to sell their wares in or
der TO give a weak, haltng brother Il
chance in the field.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14

berlain routrnii''l Birmingham's par.
liamentary delegation absolutely. and
when he turned Liberal Uniouist he
was able - take the vote of the entire
city with him. The power OF bis local
machine was amazingly greater than
that of amy other similar political or
ganizatiun Ia all history
Birmingham's municipal enterprise
pleased the people until the plants be
gan 10 wear out. Till then IL appeared
that they really did turn IN large
sums for the relief of the rates" but
the renewals of the plants. particular.
~ the waterwurkS, cost enormous
sums, and the result In the shape Of
the city's present enormous debt, is
now causing CONSERVATION among the
taxpayers.
Arthur Chamberlain. Joseph Cham
herlain's brother. never was In favor
of municipal ownership. He predicted
the result wears ago aud was subject
10 much criticism therefor. yet he new
er wavered in his opposition to the
later extensions of the city's municipal
activity. making strenuous but un-
availing efforts a few Years ago TO pre-
vent the laying down Of municipal
trolley system
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14

the strongest men In British public life
for nearly forty years, and his infiu-
ence has been for good In some direc-
lions. but he is unqueStionably respDn-
sible for the terrific burden of local
taxes and debt under which his cOun-
try is now groanlng, as well as for
England's lack of electrical develop
ment. both as 10 lighting and trollevs.
In comparison with almost every other
country
lie began preparing for his munici
pal ownership campaign in 1870, five
years before he was elected mayor and
made II the stepping stone for his re-
markable career IN British national pol
itics. He found il particularly po-
tent help in building up local ma
chine whose grip upon Birmingham has
been and Is today stronger than Tam
manys on New York or the celebrated
Organization" on Philadelphia.
Chamberlatn's first step was 10 get
himself elected 10 the city council. He
was building up the machine screw
business at the time. As il developed
1t gradually swallowed up all compel
itors until its employees numbered
more than any other class of employees
there. They lived In every section of
the city, and they all voted Us Cham
berlaln directed. Then he enlisted in
the municipal ownership cause four or
five OF the strongest uoncOufOrmlst
ministers In Birmingham. Practically
all OF those who sat under the preach
Ing OF these ministers also voted as
Chamberlain directed.
BY the time he was chosen mayor III
1870 the council was strongly in the
majority for municipal ownership or
anything else that Chamberlain de
sired In the first year OF his admins
tration the waterworks We're taken
over The gas works followed a year
later, and the third year municipal
housing Of the working classes" was
begun.
The number of city employees was
enormously Increased by these addi
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
FORESTRY NOTES

At present but one-tifth Of the total
forest area of the United >trt-, i en-
braced in national forests The remain
ing tour-ttths have already passed. or
are likely 10 pass, into private hands
The average age of the trees f-llrd for
lumter this year is tot less than $50
years. In other words. ii he is to secure
a second crop of trees of the same size,
the lumberman or private forest owner
must wait, say, at least loo years for the
second crop TO grow. The larger, then,
the area of national and state control
over woodlands, the greater is the likeli-
hood that the forests will he kept per-
nanently productive.
The most liberal estimate Of the
wooded area of the United States places
it at 700,000,000 acres. The present
annual cut of forest products requires at
least 20,000, 100000 cubic feet OF wool.
10 produce this quantity without i'm
pairing the capital stock, over 7o0,00o,-
600 acres of forest must make au annual
increment of 30 cubic feet per acre.
Under present conditions of mismanage-
ment and neglect, it is estimated that the
average annual increment Is less than 10
cubic feet per acre. This means that
each years cut at the present rate. takes
tue growth OF more than three years
1t is the belief of expert foresters that
the forest area OF the United States is
sufficient, if rightly managed, to produce
timber enough eventually to supply every
legitimate need. 1t should be brought
up to the point of yielding more than 80
feet per cubic acre, annually. which
would supply the quantity OF timber now
consumed, and which, if nsed economic
ally, will he sufficient for much larger
population.
This country today is in the same
position with regard to forest resources
as Germany was $50 years ago. During
this period OF 80 years, such German
states as Saxony and Prussia, particular
ly the latter, have applied policy of
government control and regulation which
has increased immensely the productiv-
ity of their forests. The same policy
will achieve even better results for the
United States, because advantage can be
taken of all the lessons which Europe
has learned and paid for in the course of
century of theory and practice.-Bos-
! ton Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
SP00hING IN THE PARKS.
hu9sins Guaranteed by Constitution,
Cleveland Policeman Holds

Joe Goldsoll, chief of the park police
men Of leNeland, o., is indignant that
the ministers should object to his at
titude on spooning in the parks, says
special dispatch to the New York
World He has been inviting young
couples to go to the parks to spoon
Il want" he says, ITO call the
preachers attention to the Declaration
of Independence, which says that all
men are entitled TO life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. Hugging is
certainly the pursuit of happiness.
Truly, hugging is soul inspiring There
is Just about so much of it to be done.
and the preachers should remember
that many people have not the facil-
ties for it al home and they are obliged
TO flee to the parks, where n beneticent
city government has provided all mod
ern Improvements"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14

tlons to The clty's activities, and of
course they all voted as Chamberlain
directed. This made 1t possible for
him TO go to parliament as Liberal
at the expiration of his mayoralty term
and to elect the other two members to
which the city was entitled, John
Bright and the Hon. Mr.. Dixon.
These three men studied the political
situation in Birmingham as it was
never studied before in any British
rity They saw to it that the army
Of city employees was 50 distributed
that the Liberals, always in favor of
municipal ownership, had majority
IN every part Of the city, so that no
Conservative candidate for parliament
could possibly win a seat. They ger
rymandered the city so that as it grew
and was entitled to more seats they
were foredoomed to be filled by Lib
erals.
Every newspaper, every judge, every
official of any consequence, was
bought under control, and there was
no hesitation in cracking the party
whip. Vote as you are told was the
openly uttered slogan Of public speak
ers in many campaigns, and thousands
of city employees, other thousands Of
small tradesmen who lived by city EN-
ployees' purchases and, in fact, the
vast majority Of all the voters obeyed
the Injunction to the letter.
For more than twenty years Cham
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
The Best Fertilizer for Seeding Down.

Farmers who are looking for first.
Summer or Fall will find it in the fol-
lowing formula. This formula was de-
vised by the Director of the Vermont
Experiment Station at Burlington and
published in the Bulletin No. ll6 of the
station. The amounts named are for
one acre
Raw Ground Bone, 800 to 400 lbs.
Acid Phosphate, 100 to l50 lbs.
Wood Ashes, 300 to 400 lbs.
Muriate of Potash, 30 to 20 lbs.
The ingredients of this mixture are all
recognized as valuable fertilizing agents
but with the exception of Ashes they
heretofore have been difficult to obtain
in the markets of Vermont This condi-
tion is now changed and all the materi-
ais of the formula-except the Ashes
which the farmer can usually furnish
himself-can he purchased of Carroll 5.
Page, Hyde Park, Vt, who will be
pleased to make quotations on applica.
ton.
The Muriate of Potash and Acid Phos.
phate he sells are the purest that can be
bought and his Raw Ground Bone is
guaranteed to be absolutely pure and
the hest the m arket affords. The Bone
which he offers is simply the finer par
! tices that are sifted out of the coarser
/ Granuated Bone that goes into the
manufacture of his Pages Perfected
Poultry Food. 1t should not he con-
| founded with the Bone ordinarily offered
! by the trade as that has usually been
steamed or treated with acids. 1t will
I be usually found that practically all the
| nitrogenous elements have been remov
ed to make glne, thus taking away the
most valuable part of the bone. If you
are Interested in the matter of Summer
or Fall seeding or of Fertilizers for any
purpose, write him for information and
prices mentioning this paper.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
He Objected,

\ certain learned professor In New
York has wife aud family, but, pro
fesSorlke. his thoughts are always
with his books
one evening his wife. who had been
out for some hours. returned 10 find
the house remarkably quiet She had
left the children playing about, but
now they were nowhere 10 be seen.
She demanded to be told what had
become of them, and the professor ex-
planned that as they had made good
deal Of noise he had put them TO bed
without waiting for her or calling a
maid.
Il hope they gave you no trouble" "
she said
NO" replied the professor, with the
exception of the one in the cot here
He objected a good deal to my undress.
ing him and putting him TO bed"
The wife went 10 inspect the cot
Why" She exclaimed. that's little
Johnny Green from next dOor"-La-
dies HOME Journal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
Misdirected Mourning.

While exploring the grounds about
the tomb Of Washington. a gentleman
happened to see Il lady of mature years
who, bathed in tears, was kneeling be-
fore an edifice some distance from the
monument. Thinking she was in some
sort Of distress the gentleman offered
assistance.
NO. sir, thank you very much. am
not in trouble. but my patriotic feelings
overcome me when | gaze upon the
tomb of the Father of his Country
quite So" the gentleman replied
tenderly Il thoroughly understand,
but my dear madam, you have made a
mistake. This is not the tomb of
Washington. This is an ice house"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
Parsons Makes an Admission.

In recent article Professor Frank
Parsons. who became widely known
as municipal ownership advocate
through his series on that subject in
HearSt's Boston American, makes the
following remarkable admission:
''Cnless the conditions of success, the
careful selection of men who will give
the city honest and efficient admins
tration Of its public works ana the
entire absence of the spoils system
and partisan politics from municipal
business these conditions are
attended to. municipal ownerhip can
not be expected to succeed"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
HOW JOSEPH DID It.
ChamberIain'S Remarkable Ma
chine In Birmingham.

He Made Municipal Ownership There
His Stepping Stone to Great Political
Power-The City, Which Was Pleased
at First, Is Now Paying the Bills For
His Success - NineteenfoId Increase
of Municipal Debt In a Little More
Than Thirty Years.
BY INQUIRER.
Advocates of municipal ownership
almost invariably instance what has
been done in Birmingham. where Jo-
seph Chamberlain, the father of Brit
ish municipal ownership started the
movement, as the strongest possible
support of their argument
There is no doubt that Birmingham
1t was ln 1870 when Chamberlain be-
gan his work there, but at a cost which
even Birmingham is finding an enor-
mously heavy burden-a burden 1t
would not now be saddled with had
its policy been more liberal toward
the companies which desired, but were
not allowed, to introduce the utilities
which under Chamberlain's inspiration
and direction the city introduced for
itself.
Some idea Of the magnitude of Bir
mingham's present burden may be
gained from the growth of its debt
When Chamberlain began in the early
seventies the city owed in round mum
herS 100000. Its present debt, after
thirty odd years of municipal owner
shin. according to the latest available
figures. is more than $Io,oO,OOO, or
almost nineteen times rs much, and
II is still rising. This Is the greatest
increase of debt reported in the same
time by any city in the world, and 1t
has been accompanied by correspond
ing increase in the rate of local taxa
ton instead of a reduction as would
have been the result If the Industries
We're really profitable.
1t has been the cry of many munic-
ipal ownership advocates that the utll-
ities owned and operated by the cities
would in time make such large profits
that they would wipe out practically
all municipal debt. The fact that it
has increased instead of decreased in
all cities introducing municipal owner
ship, in Birmingham more than in any
other, is responsible for the present
hostile attitude of the majority of the
British voters to a continuance of Nj.
O. policy.
Joseph Chamberlain has been one of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
Going Out Of Business.

West Seattle, Wash. has sold its
street railroad system. The action was
taken by the common council and ap-
proved by the voters at an election.
This leaves but one municipal street
railway in operation in this country.
The Lakewood (OJ municipal electric
light plant has been sold TO the Cleye-
land Illuminating company, which has
contracted to light the streets all night
for less than half the amount the mu-
nicipal lights cost ON moonlight sched-
ule
Mlddletown. Pa, has abandoned its
municipal electric light plant, for which
1t issued S2S0O0 bonds AT ) per cent
The plant was not only Improbable,
but was becoming obsolete and would
soon have required considerable eY-
penditure for new machinery 1t was
also found that current could be bought
cheaper than the city could produce 1t.
The village OF Beverly, O.. has ad-
vertised for sale its electric light plant,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14

Jack London. the author, was intro
duCed one day 10 Il musician
a. too. am Il musician in Il small
way" London said My musical tai
ent was once the means Of saving my
life"
How was that" the musician asked
There was great food in our town
In my buyhood." replied London
when the water struck our house my
father got ON bed and ti"atci with
the stream until he was rescued"
And you said the musician.
We'll said London, Il accompanied
him on the piano" - Ladies Home
Journal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
The Passing of Tuberculosis.

"ln twenty-five years there will be
no consumption; it will have been elm
mated from the face OF the EARTH"
said Dr.. Nicholas Som, surgeon gen.
eral of Illinois, in Omaha the other
day. "The methods for the prevention
of disease which have been wonder.
fully developed in the last few years."
said DR.. Sem lead me to believe that
Vie outlook for the elimination of the
white plague Is very hopeful Those
affected will be isolated, and IL this is
done preventives may be used until
consumption is thing Of the past"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14

Illustrative OF that troublesome
Henglish hatch" an American traveller
relates the following:
Once dined with an English farmer
We had ham--yery delicious baked
ham. The farmers son soon finished
his portion and passed his plate again.
more am. father" he said.
The farmer frowned.
"DOn't say 'an, son. Say 'dm.'
IL did say am" the lad protested In
an injured tone.
You said am" cried the father
fiercely. AIMS what it should be.
Am. not am"
In the middle Of the squabble the
farmers wife turned to Lie and, with
a deprecatory little laugh, explained:
"They both think they're sayin' am,
r."-Everybodys
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
THE DANDELION.

Dear, common flower that growest beside
the way,
Fringing the dusty road with harmless
gold,
Thou'rt the springs largesse which she
scatters now
TO rich and poor alike, with lavish hand
Though most hearts never understand
TO take it at its value, but pass by
The offered wealth with unrewarded eve.
j. K. Lowell.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
Polite Cowbo oys.

Golfers Weekly says that cowboys
are always glad to practice politeness
when they have a chance Two ladies
delayed by an accident lunched in Il
station of the Southern Pacific road.
Two cowboys We're at the table They
arose, bowed and stood until the ladies
were seated. TO be equally courteous
one of the ladies' asked, May | not
pass the butter:' The reply was i'm
mediate. Il don't choose none, thank
you most to death. ma'am."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14

said Mr.. Holmes. "and when mother
asks you where you've been. tell her
you've lecu walking un the beach with
Oliver Wendell Holmes" The great
name was absolutely unknown 10 the
child. but she recognized a courtesy In
the words Of her stranger friend aud
was not To be outdone. His pleasant
bow aud smile acquired quaint gravi.
~ as initiated 10y the child. She re-
Piled, And when you go home and
they ask you where you've been. tell
them you were walking ON the beach
with Mary Susanna Brown"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
Prompt Retribution.

The following notice was recently
found tackled Un the door Of local
church: There will bc preaching in
this house Il week from next Wednes.
day Providence permitting. and there
will he preaching here whether. or no
On Monday following upon the subject,
He that lelieveth ana is baptized shall
he saved, and he that believeth not
shall be damned ut $50 in the after
noon.'-Clinton (Moj Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-14
He Knew the Kind.

A small boy in Boston who had un-
fortunately learned to swear was re
buked by his father. "Who told you
that swore?' asked the bad little
boy. "Oh little bird told me-" said
the father The boy stood and looked
out of the window scowling at some
sparrows which were scolding and
chattering; then he had a happy
thought. II know who told you he
said. 1T was one Of those damned
sparrows.'