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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-01
A HARNESS NEED.
Simple Device That Keeps Rsins From
800 Beneath horse's Tail.

simple Device That Keeps Reins From
Beneath Horses Tail.
Much Of the pleasure Of driving In
summer II spoiled BY the horse con-
stantly switching bis tail over the
reins. OF course to q thorough horse
man who has the knowledge and
strength to manage z horse this does
not cut an important figure. But to
women Or others not capable Of han
ding horse with vicious tendency
1t IL very important to do whatever b
necessary to keep the line from under
his tail.
The best thing ! have ever seen to
prevent this, says a horseman, was O
metal bar with the ends turned up for
the distance Of an inch and q half and
then at right angles toward the mid
die. horizontally, leaving an open spaoa
Of about an inch and half to let the
lines down through.
This can. Of course, be made Of any
sort Of metal and does not look un-
slightly. yet 1t answers the purpose
perfectly. A good blacksmith can
make line holder Of this sort that
would serve as well as any. But care
must be taken In attaching 1t. have
found by experience that there Is no
part Of horses hide that can get the
hair rubbed on SO easily and look SO
unsightly as that on top of his rump.
In order to make q good lob of mt
ting the holder on the back strap the
heads Of the rivets that come up
through the leather strap to bold the
metal piece should be sunk into the
leather absolutely smoothly. When so
fixed the back strap will not rub the
hair on any more with the line holder
on than not.
In applying this to harness trimmed
with brass II will. Of course, look bet.
ter II the little implement is made Of
brass. II light brass bar cannot be
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-01
Keeping Out IN. Bacteria.

I cannot recommend too strongly.
says a dairyman. the use Of the small
top milk pail In eliminating dirt and
bacteria. In one instance where q
study was made OF this point II was
found that where the ordinary open
pail was used the bacteria count was
3.439.000 per cubic centimeter MS com
pared with 5000 With the small top
Tall.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-01

Behind DR.. Ffsrcs,s Medicines
stands ths xnvaHdS Hotel and Sur
Sfeal Institute. at Buffalo. thor
cuShIy equipped and with . STAR
Of Skilled Specialists 20 treat the
moro Ak(doult casss OF Chronic
dSsAses wAsthsr rsQufrisE Nod
jcaI Or Surgical skill for tAsir
cure. Send for Arss
MTALxDS GUIDE BOOZE
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-01

found TO be used 1t Is easy to cut a
piece OUT OF sheet brass. say. three.
sixteenths Of an inch thick. This may
be then hammered into proper shape.
the holes drilled and then filed down
smooth and the edges rounded and
polished. And IL one does not want to
have the holder on the harness at any
time except "ny time" the best plan
VIII be TO have II so made that II can
be held In place BY clip. which can
be taken Oh along with the holder 1t.
self II II Is desired.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
POCKET LIFE SAVER
Clarence Hall lnvents a Device
for Miners.
Believes His Oxygen Apparatus Would
Have Prevented the Deaths
Of 800 Men in the
Cherry Mine.

Observation-Disclosures Hall, explo-
sives expert for the government, has
Just announced the invent ion of safe
ty device which, had it been in use
November 10 might have saved 300
lives at the mine of the st. Paul Com
at Cherry. Ill. The device is an appli-
ance generating sufficient oxygen to
to sustain life for half-hour or so
under any conditions of atmosphere.
Had the miners trapped in the st.
Paul mine been supplied with this
apparatus. the densest of smoke or an
atmospheric condition entirely devoid
of oxygen would not have killed them
for a reasonable time
If the ambitions of the men OF the
technologic branch of the geological
survey are realized, n time will soon
come when every miner working I'M
derground will carry in his pocket the
newly invented oxygen generator and
through 1t be guaranteed a lease Of
life for a time ranging from half an
hour to an hour while he is fighting
his way to the open lir or waiting the
coming of rescuers. The invention
was made by Mr.. Hall while in the
government service, and his chief, DR..
J. A. Holmes. insists that the patent
rights on the invention shall not be
enforced, but any man who wants 1t
may make 1t and use 1t at will. This
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

high up above everything the spires
and dome OF the palace OF Or.
"Oz was not such a bad Wizard.
after ALL" said the Tin Woodmcu. as
he felt his heart rattlins around in his
breast.
He knew how to give me brains.
and very good brains, too said the
Scarecrow.
If w had taken dose OF The same
courage he gave me-" added the Lion,
he would have been brave man."
Dorothy said nothing. Or had not
kept the promise he made her, but he
had done his best, so she forgave him.
AS he said, he was a good man, even
IL he was a bad Wazard.
The first days journey was through
the green fields and bright flowers
that stretched about the Emerald
City on every side. They slept that
night on the grass. with nothing but
the stars over them; and they rested
very well, indeed.
In the morning they Travelled on
until they came to a thick wood. There
was no way of going around it, for 1t
seemed 10 extend to the right and left
they did not dare change the direction
of their journey for fear of getting
lost So they looked for the place
where it would be easiest to get into
the forest.
The Scarecrow, who was in the
lead, finally discovered n big tree
with such wide spreading branches
, that there was room for the party TO
pass underneath. So he walked for
ward to the tree, but just as he came
under the first branch they bent down
and twined around him, and the next
| minute he was raised from the ground
and flung headlong among his fellow
| travellers.
This did not hurt the Scarecrow. but
1t surprised him, and he looked rather
dizzy when Dorothy picked him up.
Here is another space between the
| trees" called the Lion.
Let me try 1t first" said the Scare
crow, for 1t doesn't hurt me to get
thrown about" He walked up to an
other tree, as he spoke. but Its
branches Immediately seized him and
tossed him back again.
This is strange" exclaimed Doro-
thy, what shall we do?"
THE trees seem to have made up
their minds to fight US. and stop our
Journey" remarked the Lion.
| 81 believe I will try II myself" said
the Woodman. and shouldering his AK
he marched up to the first tree that
had handled the Scarecrow SO rough
ly. When a big branch bent down to
seize him the Woodman chopped at 1t
SO fiercely that he cut II in two. At
once the tree began shaking all its
branches as II in pain. and the Tin
woodman passed safely under 1t.
Come on" he shouted to the 9TH
ers; BE quick!"
| They all ran forward and passed
under the tree without injury. except
Toto. who was caught by small
branch and shaken until he howled.
But the Woodman promptly chopped
of the branch and set the little dog
free.
| The other trees of the forest did
! nothing to keep them back. so they
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

Ing. 1t was not the first railway in
Maine. as there was stretch of
track in Penobscot county. known as
railway. which was laid down in 1896.
four years after the Baltimore & Ohio
gave up horsepower for steam.
The first railroad to be operated by
steam in this country was the South
Carolina. some time between 1S2S-30.
but trials with an experimental loco
motive had been made before that
time by the Baltimore & Ohio. who
were reluctant. however, to relinquish
the slow but sure horse power until
the reliability OF the steam locomotive
had been proven. When Names first
road was laid down In 1886. the pres
ent town of veazie was the seventh
ward OF Bangor. and Gen. Samuel Yea
zie was conspicuous as a lumber OPP
orator and property owner in that part
Of the city. He owned largely in the
railroad. and that's why the stretch
OF track from Bangor to Oldtown was
called veazie's.
Freight on the Machiasport & Whit
NEVILLE road was first pulled by an
English-built locomotive sent to Maine
by the old Boston locomotive builders.
Hinkley & Drury. 1t was to keep lum-
Der on the move until the old Tiger.
one Of the two engines recently sent
from Washington county to Portland
was being built. The name Of the Eng
lish engine. the first to make steam
noises along the way. was the Phenix.
The Tiger was completed and sent by
schooner to Machiasport in 1912. The
following year marked the arrival Of
the Lion from the same firm. and the
Phenix having done duty while the
American engines were being made.
was returned to Boston.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
SYNOPSIS.

Dorothy lived In Kansas with Aunt En-
and Uncle Henry. 4 cyclone lifted their
amidst the excitement. A crash awakened
her. The house had landed in country
q marvellous beauty Groups Of G queer ef
Munchkins. The house had killed their
enemy. the wicked witch of East. Dor
started for the Emerald City to find the
Wizard of OF, who, she was promised,
Kansas. Dorothy. released a scarecrow.
giving him life. He was DESTROYS OF ac-
Se Wizard to se ha them The
told his history, They met a tin wood,
ioinea who tSem ong Tsey fU Came Upon terrible
age. He decided to accompany them to
crow in pushing the raft became I'm
paled upon his pole in the mid''e Of the
iieid, WHICH i1A' caused Dorothy to ian
rescued her and her dog from the deadly
flowers. The lion fell asleep and being too
heavy to NJ Vas left on the s lea en- i iSs
Held mice The woodman killed the wild
She sent thousands of her mice subjects
to draw the lion away from the poppy
sleep They started again on the Emer-
aid City road They, They came TO- trma fene e;
green. houses of green and people dressed
n green. II was the Land q. OF They
met the guardian OF the The g n,ss,a ds De
All put on green spectacies as the bright,
them. The wizard decided to receive one
green rooms Dorothy went to the throne
room. In chair sparkling with emer-
aids she beheld an enormous head with
out body. legs or arms. bigger than me
sssrs the sead OF told ser tha
when she killed the wicked witch of the
crow. admitted to the presence OF beau
tiful lady. who said she was the wizard.
witch ' The w ons beheld a terrible
beast with a head of a rhinoceros and
nve eyes. The wizard promised him
lion saw a bali Of fire and a voice from
the object promised him courage II he
slew the witch. The search commenced;
The witch saw the party when II entered
to attack It. The woodman killed the
wolves. She sent crows which the scare
patched next. but the woodman received
the stings. Finally winged monkeys took
them prisoner and conveyed them to
ter on the wicked witch. destroying
her. Dorothy rescued the lion, wood
man and scarecrow. She found a
eharmed golden cup and stsr, ased Pax tSe
cup to call the winged monkeys VINO
took them to the Emerald city. The
charmed cups story WAS told Dor,
humbug. He told his life story. The
wizard gave the scarecrow brains. the
woodmga man, heart w end ne iioa o. e eSn-
structed n balloon to take Dorothy
home. The air craft broke loose and
the wizard was carried away away, With n.
winged monkeys. but they were pow
crless.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

in the neighborhood of Montmartre.
employs a man for this purpose and
possibly many more do.
One morning I questioned him about
his business. but received only mega
tive answers. He was not cook. nor
a washer-up. never left the restaurant.
was not French and had nothing but
what he earned in the room behind
the bar. After much persuasion he
finally accepted an invitation to sup
per in a neighboring restaurant
which he himself recommended as be-
I'M; "all right" He grew communica-
tive before the meal was over.
81 told you to come here" he said.
because ! know the soups all right
and the meats not painted. tried to
get Job here and failed. so I ought
to know. II you come into my kitchen
tomorrow when the patron is away.
you'll see what I mean.
DO you see this?" He drew a cam
el.hair brush from his pocket and held
II I'D with pride. That's making the
patron's fortune and I've got to starve
on 10 SOUS day. dip this into bit
of bad fat and then into bowl of
broth. Broth. indeed! The grease
spots I make are the only traces of
meat that are in II. No Frenchman
thinks broth is worth anything with
out grease spots and the poor devils
that drink that dirty water think they
mean meat It's not one man in a
hundred who knows how to use that
brush-and nobody can do 1t better
than l."
A visit to his kitchen next morning
proved that he was right.
Even venerable seats of learning Of
fer temptations out of the beaten
track to the man hard pressed for his
daily bread. remember once when
chance took me to a university city
near the Baltic sea. being struck by a
very ugly. red-haired. red-eyed stu
dent, who. though poorly dressed. al
ways went around with the richest
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

Il shall go with Dorothy" declared
the Lion, for l am tired of your city
and long for the woods and the coun-
try again. l am really a wild beast,
you know. Besides. Dorothy will need
some one to protect her."
That is true" agreed the Wood
man. my AK may be of service to
her; so /. also. will go with her to the
Land of the South"
when shall we START" asked the
Scarecrow.
Are you going?" they asked, in
surprise.
Certainly. If it wasn't for Dorothy
| should never have had brains. She
lifted me from the pole in the corn
field and brought me to the Emerald
City. So my good luck is all due to
her, and shall never leave her until
she starts back to Kansas for good
and ALL"
Thank you" said Dorothy. crate.
fully. You are all very kind to me.
But l should like to start as coon as
possible"
I'VE shall go tomorrow morning. u
returned the Scarecrow. so now let
us all get ready. for 1t will be long
journey"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

The Right Hon. George II. Reid.
the Australian statesman. was de
claiming against proposed measure
at a public meeting. Mr.. Reid is an
enormously fat man. weighing in the
neighborhood of 300 pounds. says the
Saturday Evening Post.
"In 10 years" he said 1--WE shaft SET
the futility OF this thing. In 10 years
we shall know how vicious 1t is. In
10 years all men will understand what
am saying and shall be proved
right. In 10 years"
How about 80 years." asked man
In the audience.
"Oh," snorted Reid. never mind
about 80 years. We shall all be dead
in that time"
Then the fat will be in the fire,
won't 1t. Mr.. Reid?" shouted the same
man,
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
Can Be Seen Among Newer Emblem
attic Signs Of Electric Light Along
Great White Pike.

Among the newer OF the many EN-
blematic signs of electric light that
help at night to make things bright
along the line of the Great White
Pike OF New York one Of the simplest
but at the same time most striking
serves to attract attention to bowl
ing-room.
This sign, which is attached vertic-
ally to the front of the building and
extends upward through two stories,
looks in one of its phases like tall
column outlined in electric lights.
Up either side of this tall sign runs
a line of electric lights outlining the
column, and then up at the top is a
capital OF electric lights. and at the
bottom. formed of electric lights. the
columns base. Presently up at the
top there spring into view ten electric
lights arranged in triangular form.
with head pin to the front, like the
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
CHAPTER xvI,,.-con,inued.

So the soldier was summoned and
entered the throne room timidly. for
while OF was alive he never was al
lowed to come further than the door.
This little GIRL" said the Scare
crow to the soldier. wishes TO cross
the desert. How can she do so?"
81 cannot TELL" answered the sol
der, for nobody has ever crossed
the desert, unless 1t is OF himself.
is there no one who can help me?'
asked Dorothy. earnestly.
"Glinda might" he suggested.
"who Is Glinda?" inquired the Scare
crow.
THE witci, of the South. She is
the most powerful of all the Witches
and rules over the Quadlings. Be
sides, her castle stands on the edge OF
the desert. so she may know a way
to cross it"
"Glinda is a good Witch. isn't she?'
asked the child.
THE Quadlings think she is good.
said the soldier. land she is kind to
everyone. / have heard that Glinda is
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

will enable mine owners and miners
to obtain this safeguard against the
deadly gases and the smoke of mine
fires that kill thousands of men each
year. Further, IT is stated. the device
may be readily manufactured and sold
at n price not above so cents.
The manner In which the inventor
hit upon the idea Of supplying oxygen
to the entombed miner was common.
place in the extreme.
Mr.. Hall was lighting the lamp OF
an automobile when the thought occur
red to him of generating oxygen al
the gases of the lamp were generated,
and supplying that oxygen to MINER
to breathe when the air of the mine
had become contaminated with poison.
GUS gases and smoke as to mean i'm
mediate death.
He made a device, which consists oil
a water chamber and below 1t a com.
partment filled with sodium peroxide
In an emergency stop-cock is touch
ed and the water comes in contac.
with the chemical. The oxygen Is
generated. This is passed through the
water which cools 1t and then 1t goes
to the mouth and nose by means OF 4
hood, such as Is fitted to the face
when gas is administered. Thus may
oxygen be supplied that will keep q
man going for half an hour while he
fights his way out of a mine that has
been filled with gas or smoke by rea
son of an explosion or otherwise.
Mr.. Hall, as a representative Of the
government, has visited many of the
great disasters in mines that have oc
Cured in recent years. At Mononga
where more than 300 men lost their
lives in December. 1907. he found that
the vast majority OF the men had dice
by slow suffocation long after the ex
plosion. Many of these had crawled
for great distances on their handi
and knees, for the miner knows thai
the best air is near the ground.
II these men, and 1t is fair to as
sumo the same in the case Of the
Cherry horror. had some means of get
ting air to breathe they would have
lived. The figures show that Of all
men who die in mines 30 per cent
meet death drought suffocation
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

boys. who treated him with defer
ence which they did not give to one
another. His Jokes were always
laughed at and his harangues listened
to. As this was one of the German
universities where students spend
much of their time drinking and fight
ing duels. his popularity was the more
remarkable. because he drank spar
ingiy and bore no visible traces OF
sword-slashing.
Later on heard him plead in
Berlin law court-just as ugly. shock
headed and bumptious as ever. But
he pleaded well and won his case. The
counsel for the other side was furious.
The man always was a fraud" he
exclaimed afterwards. He has been
my bad star all my life. We were ut
the same university. The first term
! did nothing but drink. Just before
had to go up for my exams. he called
and said that, II I paid him $500 he
would go up and be examined for me.
I kicked him out. ! found out later
that everybody who was In funk
about exams. sent up 'Carroty Hair.
whose fec was from $500 to $500 an
examination. Sometimes he had three
mems exams. In a term. sometimes
only ones. The last year I was up
he had to dye his hair and beard. lest
the examiners should recognize him.
But perhaps the most ingenious way
OF all occurred to a citizen OF st. Pc
tersburg. who wished to make money
and did not care for commerce. He is
Jew named Chain Stalk. Jews are
not allowed to live within the confines
OF that city-a restriction which many
merchants and business men find most
troublesome. The only way is to get
baptized and many object to this. as
It goes against their conscience.
Hence deal with Chain Stalk to get
baptized for them. When he Is sum-
moned for this purpose he takes his
customers passport to the police. gets
over the inevitable red taDe and seal.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
CABLE is NOW IN OFFICE
chieagoan Sworn In and Takes Up
Duties as Assistant Seere-
tary Of Commerce.

Mathematician has reason
to feel proud. for no city in the coun-
try has as many representatives in
important positions in Washington
than the Windy City. The latest Of
President Taft's selections from Chi
cago is BENJAMIN s. Cable. who was
sworn in n few days ago as assistant
secretary of commerce and labor.
Mr.. Cable succeeded Ormsby Nc
Harg. who retired from the depart
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
Chopped at 1t So FiereeIy Tina. He Chopped 1t Two

Scarecrow replied: but l must help
Dorothy to get home first"
As Dorothy babe the good-natured
guardian last farewell. she said:
Il have been very kindly treated in
your lovely city. and every one has
been good to me. l cannot tell you
how grateful l am"
Don't try, my dear" he answered.
1--WE should like to keep you with US,
but II 1t is your wish to return to Kan
sas I hope you will find a way" He
then opened the gate OF the outer wall
and they walked forth and started
upon their jorney.
The sun shone brightly as our
friends turned their faces toward the
Land of the South. They were all in
the best of spirits, and laughed and
chatted together. Dorothy was once
more filed with the hope of getting
home. and the Scarecrow and the Tin
Woodman were glad to be of use to
her. As for the Lion, he shifted the
fresh air with delight and whisked his
tail from side to side In pure joy OF
being in the country again. while Toto
ran around them and chased the
moths and butterflies, barking merrily
all the time.
City life does not agree with me at
ALL" remarked the Lion, as they walked
along at a brisk pace. Il have lost
much flesh since l lived there. and
now / am anxious for chance to
show the other beasts how courageous
I have grown"
They now turned and took last
look at the Emerald City. All they
could see was a mass of towers and
steeples behind the green walls. and
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
EARLY LOCOMOTIVE DAYS
Engines Used Half Century In
Maine Are Now Out Of Com
mission.

Boston.-Less than ten years after
the famous old Stevenson locomotive,
the Rocket, was turned over to the
Liverpool G Manchester railway, In
England. to pull passengers and freight
over iron ways preparations were be-
Ing made for rail connections between
Machiasport and Whitneyville. in the
southern part of Washington county,
Maine. This road. built in 1S41, and
recently eliminated from the land
scape of the Machais river valley, was
between seven and eight miles long.
and was for freight carrying only.
The occasional passengers who went
from town to town and back again,
rode at their own risk and paid moth
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

A prominent Democratic politician.
who lived at Allentown. was appointed
to the position of naval oficer at Phil
adelphia during the second Cleveland
administration. While in the city he
made host of friends and all Of his
waking hours. when he was not en-
gagged In official duties. were spent
with these gentlemen. attending vari-
Gus interesting and costly entertain
ments. At the expiration of his term
of office he returned home. and his
good mother, who was an old-fash-
Toned German woman. said to BIN.
curiously:
John. what did you save during
the four years you were in omce?"
Mother" he said. with a smile
lighting up his countenance. Il accom-
plished wonders-I saved my Life"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

q beautiful woman. who knows how to
keep young in spite of the many years
she has lived"
How can get to her castle?" asked
Dorothy.
THE road is straight to the south.
he answered. but 1t is said to be full
of dangers to travellers. There are
wild beasts in the woods. and race
of queer men who do not like stran-
gers to cross their country. For this
reason none of the Quadlings ever
come to the Emerald City"
The soldier then left them and the
Scarecrow said:
1T seems. in spite Of dangers, that
the best thing Dorothy can do is to
travel to the Land of the South and
ask Glinda to help her. For. of course,
II Dorothy stays here she will never
get back to Kansas"
You must have been thinking
fgain.Y remarked the Tin Woodman.
Il hAve," said the Scarecrow.