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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
 Does the discovery of'radium prove that the earth is A comet with three tails? The peculiar properties of radium have made necessary a complete reconstruc- ton of several well known theories or &life or matter as it exists on and or tnls planet and the most startling results are promised by the scientific dreamers.
 Radium, they say, is the evidence of atomic subdivision. a new source ot en- erey. light without heat, the key to the transmutation of substances, the evidence of dlsintegration of matter. the answer to the problem, What is electricity? And 1t Is asserted on high authority that radium not onlyexplains many heretofore mystifying astronomical phenomena suen as the aurora borealis. but proves that the earth is really a comet with at least three tails.
 Radium is a substance which shoots off particles of itself constantly into space. The loss in weight to the substance is so slight that even after the lapse or sew eral million years the most delicate pal ance would not be able to detect 1t. Yet countless millions of the particles leave the radium salt constantly and have been doing so since the beginning of the world, which proves for one thing that the par- ticles are infnitesimally small. So small are they that the atom, the old fashioned "smallest particle" is hugh by eompar- ison. In face, it is now believed that atoms are composed of still smaller parti- cles of corpuscles.
 These corpuscles are in state of con- stant motion and so jumping about through the atom. collidlng with one an- other and caroming here and there, as though the atom were as big as the uni verse An atom is universe on small scale. and the corpuscles move in itimuch as the planets move through the larger universe. These corpuscles are negatively and positively electrified to keep the atom intact But sometimes the corpuscles es- cape from the atom. They are emitted when objects are struck by cathode rays; when the negative electrode in the Crookes tube Is operated; they are emit ted from hot bodies. such as glowing metals; from cold metals under the in- fiuence of ultraviolet light. and from all radioactive substances, such as radium. These corpuscles are 1000 times smaller than the hydrogen atom. and each. car rying a charge of negative electricity, Is discharged with increditable velocity into space.
 Prof. J. J. Thomson. one of the highest authorities on the subject of radio-activ- ity, said recently:
 "As a hot metal emits these corpuscies if does not seem an impossible hypothe- sis that they are emitted by that ex- tremely hot body. the sun. Thus, on this view, interplanetary space Is thronged with eorpuscular traffic, rapidly moving corpuscIes coming out from the sun, while more slowly moving ones, repelied
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
Does Radium Prove Earth
 Is 8 Three Tailed Comet?

by the earth's negative charges. are streaming into It."
 On the basis of this assertion. Prof. John Cox of McGill university, quoting Arrhenius, Paulsen, and others, explains how it is possible for the arth to have fiery streamers resembling those of comet and how we have really been able to see these tails for years without being aware of their significance.
 Not only Is the sun the source of erup- tions of ordinary natter" says, Prof. Cox. but we have every reason to believe that he must emit streams of electrically charged corpuscles. both directly as hot body and indirectly, since the electrical discharges, which, according to all terres- trial analogies, must accompany the vio- lent chemical actions going on near his surface, will, when they take place in the higher and Farer regions of his atmos- phere give rise to cathode rays, and these in turn to Roentgen rays.
 Following the career of the particles which are discharged into space we should find that they proceed outward from the sun above the region of sun spots with speed that increases up to finite limit at certain distance from the sun. When they encounter another body, the earth, for instance, they charge its outer atmos- phere negatively until this charge be- comes strong enough to repei them. Then Lne OHCOEuiHS EuSu VIII VC HchCCtcu anu stream past the earth on each side In parabolic orbits. The space behind the earth will be screened by her, and so be void of corpuscles."
 It should be borne in mind that the cor puscles which pervade all space, the cor- puscles which are emitted from radium. become luminous when brought into con tact with solid bodies under certain con- dltions. Continuing Prof. Cox says: Could we take our stand on the moon we should thus see the earth attended by a faint double tail, with a dark dividing line immediately behind 1t, pointing from the sun, and similar, though fainter, | tail pointing toward him." In other words, the contact of the rap | idly moving stream of corpuscles with the earth should make them luminous at the edge of the sphere past which they shoot | into space. Furthermore, as Prof. Cox
 points out the earth itself helps to in- crease the volume of the luminescence, because, as the negative charge of the sphere becomes strong enough, 1t repels many of the corIn8ztaesp shooting them back toward the sun, on the way toward | which they are recaught by the rush for- ward and drifted again Into the tail. "rhe effect" says Prof. Cox, twill be as If sheaf of light projected from the earth toward the sun.'e c4
 l We can see this sheaf of light. At least 1t has been given as an opinion that the zodiacal light, that mysterious 2efulgence of the horizon which has never been ex- l'plained, is nothing more than this sheaf of light.
 "The zodiacal light" says Newcomb's '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
THE FOUNDER OF THE D. A. R
 Dr William Mcdowell.

The following letter from Dr. William Mcdowell shows his willingness to come to Alabama and help the D. A. R. Mrs. Desha says of him: ''If there be foun- der of our society, Dr. Mcdowell is that one in the true meaning of the word. :" He is, we all know, the founder of the Sons of the American Revolution. As was stated in our column last week, he is out on a featuring tour and is having great success In various places. He is president of the Cuban-American League. chairman of the organizing committee of the Humane Freedom of the World, and is recognized in every land as the voice out of America calling to universal Hb- erty and peace In speaking of him one of our Daughters. writes: Even tkc prisoners in the mines of Hara in Siberia having heard of his great work. write him from their underground life of dark ness. with stick for a pen and human blood for ink. telling him that their knowledge of his work had reached them and had brought into their lives ray of hope" In his lectures he gives an interesting account of the history and birth of the Society D. A. R. and the topic Is. Liberty enlightening the World" He puts the two societies D. A. R. and S. A. R. on a very lofty plane, and says the purpose of the societies is a divine one" He gives a detailed ac- count of the difficulties he had in or ganizing the societies-tells of the first and second meetings of the National D. A. R., exhibits the gavel he used as presiding officer at these two famous meetings; he shows the insignia present ed as the organizer of the s. A.. R., and the white bordered flag of universal lib- erty and peace that was the central fig ure of the Fourth of July celebration oi the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Dr McDowell attended the summer confer ence of the Rhode Island D. A. R.. and the accounts of his lecture show 1t was interesting and instructive, and that he produced great enthusiasm. and Interest in our work. Allusiens was made last week to the fact that we had written tC pr. McDowell to know If he could come to Alabama in the winter for one lee ture and upon what terms. In his reply of July 21, he says:
 Mrs J. Morgan Smith.
 Regent D. A. R. of Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
FISH WITH ELASTIC SKIN.
Remarkable Creature Makes Itself
 Too Big to Be Swallowed.

Remarkable Creature Makes Itself
 Too Big to Be Swallowed. New York Tribune.
 A few days ago a number of specimens of the buffer were taken to the aquarium. The buffers are caught in the neighbor- hood of this city. They are so named be- cause of the elasticity of their skin and the facility with which they can infiate themselves by doubling their size. When in this condition they resemble in some respects a ball. The nose and brilliant light green eyes protrude from one part and on the other side a tail projects. Ap- parently sense of danger close at hand is the signal for pufflng up and the success of the effort does not appear to be gov erned by confinemeAs to the water. Air seems to serve equally well. as was dem onstrated by MT. Spencer, the superin- tendent of the aquarium, the other day. He lifted one from the tank and instantly it's pumping apparatus began to work. A very short space of time-a second or thereabouts-was required to give the fish rotundity.
 Its skin is beaut StIlly mottled and when lying on a gravel bottom it might easily be mistaken by another fish swimming above for part of the bed itself. Although it is not known positively why the buffer his this power to enlarge itself. it is thought by some that this is a means of protection. The fish Is not large. being only six or eight inches long. Everyone knows how hard it would be to swallow a ball six or eight inches in diameter. and that the number of species of fish which could do this successfully is not large. The buffer has the power, apparently to make itself as uncomfortable as a fishbone- while in the process of being swallowed. A story is told about two New York fish ermen who pulled in a netful of buffers, a species of fish they had never seen or heard of before. They dumped the fish into the bottom of the boat and were sur prised to find in the space of a second that by some miracle the boat was full to over flowing with fish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
Pin Money.

Even nowadays one often hears of pin money. though generally people who use the term have little idea of its original significance.
 Long after the invention of pins in the fourteenth century the pinmaker was only allowed openly to sell his wares on the list and 2d of January, and then the ladies of the court and the wives and daughters of rich merchants crowded to the shops to buy them with money provided by their husbands and fathers for the purpose. AfAter pins became plentiful and cheap pin money was still given, but 1t was spent on other things required in lady's toilet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

Popular Astronomy" consiats ef a s0fk faint column of light which may neNn ssA& ing from the ssssfern horizon afser twze light on any clear winter or spKtu& exAzz4 ing. 1t may also be seen rising from flSa eastern horizon just before daybFeals ifs the summer or autumn."
 Of course, the earth K not comak iU the sense that many other heavenly boaA les are comets. for comets of actual Nra most certainly exist and with their tafIa. are of such a nature that no human being could live on or near them. The shHak of fire which projects above the earth and the tails that stream away from 1t would on the other hand, present gorgeous display could they be viewed from ho1za extra mundane point of observation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
The American Banking system.


 Prof. Charles J. Bullock. in the Augsss Atlantic.
 Ever since Andrew Jackson overthrew the Second Bank of the United stataa. the American banking system has cazssN sisted of large number of small inaki@ tutions possessing little desire or power of helpful cooperation. Large banks with numerous branches. such as exist in Cane ada and Scotland, have been unknown lzf the United States, save for few tran= sient enterprises of ante-belium daym. A central institution, enjoying Federal patronage and serving to unifg banking interests, has been political imposaibiilty since Nicholas Riddle rashiy venfnre4 upon trial of strength with the master ful statesman from Tennessee. Natiqnak
 banks, state banks. private banks. trMsk l companies, competing vigorously for pai3s lie favor have met tolerabiy well tN& needs of the country in fair weather. buf in times of stress and storm these Eepa- rate institutions have been unable 10 Uns pose a united front to the forces Of Anaaz@ cial disorder Yet. upon the whole, thlN decentralization of banking interests haa l been generally approved as Democratic iM l it's tendencies and we'll adapted to the df~
 verse needs of our vast territory. At the head of the system stand the uaA | tional banks. which possess tlfe excluslvN power to issue circulating notes Fog twenty years following the Civil War fhin privilege remained sufficiently remune1a~ tive to gain for these institutions a de- cided predominance over the banks of dos pOsIt and discount incorporated by thA several states; but since the early elgl@ ties causes which are we'll understoooa have reduced the profit derived from khe issue of notes, and have decreased the attractivness of Federal charter. in point of resources and banking poWee the national associations stilI retain their pre-eminence. having nearly three tlrn4a
 the capital and over twice the deposits | shown by the state institutions; yet banks of the latter class are increasing mor& rapidly than those of the former, despttA l the temporary influence of recent chang4N
 in the national banking laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
COunterfeits.

Read what one GREATEST NEWSPAPERS AMERICA h say this subject:
 The manufacturers been compelled spend hundreds d ousands dollars famze the public with tho signature of Ohaa Flet nscested pirates ccunerng the Oasto ad mark counerng only against the ppieton Oatora but against growing generation All persons should e careful M signature of Caa Fletcher they would guard tho health children Parents and mothers particular ought carefully exaie which have been appearing this paper and wrapper every bottle of genuine Oaoa bears the oms signature Chas Fletcher under whose supervision has been manuactred continuously for thirty yeara'-Phiadephn Bulletin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

There was a church social on the lawn at John Carter's home on South Fifth street last evening. What church la holding the social2" some one wfgs was passing asked Carter. He didn't know and had to ask his wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

,TRoTTER-In Joseph Habersham His torical Collections. vol. 2. can be found the following extracts from letter of Preston Trotter, son of George Trotter, Sr.. and nephew of Col. James Trotter, to George R. Trotter from Boonesborough, Va, Jan. II, 1852:
 The Trotter family were emigrants
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
EDITORS.
STATE DIRECTORY.

EDITORS.
 Mrs. ,. Morgan smith md Mrs R. H.
 Carter.
 STATE DIRECTORY. Mra J. Morgan Smith. Regent, Birming- rir.. A. P. Mecielian. Vice TeseH'. Mrs. R E. Carter. Historian. sirmins- Mr. L J. Haley. Secretary. ,S'rm'Es- Mrs. Rhett Goode. Treasurer. Mobile.
 ''Children's children are the crown or old men; and the glory of children are their fathers' Proverbs. xvii. 6. CHAPTER DIRECTORY. - General Sumter chapter-RegeEt. urS g. P Towlks. Birmingham Light Horse Harry Lee Snapter gent. Mrs. E. R. Miller. Auburn. , Peter Forney Chapter-Regent.M Miss Anne Marks Williams Montgomery. Andrew Jackson Cbapter-Regent. hrs !. M Thornton. TaIladega Martha wayles Jefferson chaptsr-Re- Frederick William Gray Chapter-Re-
 gst, Mrs- Walter Robinson. Anais- ! John Wade Reyes Chapter-Regent. Mrs Memory o. Peebles. Athens. Mobile Chapter-Regent. Mrs. Richard H. Clarke. Mobile. } Lewis Chapter-Regent. srs. L. Y. Dean. Eufaula. 2 Tuscaloosa Chapter-Pegent Mrs. Ellen } Peter Bryce. Tuscaloosa Regent-Mrs. Sarah Mcqueen. Eutaw. } Regent-Mrs. A. D. Pitts. Selma 2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

300. BATTAILE-John Battaile of Rappanhannock, afterwards Essex county, was a captain command ing company of rangers in service against the Indians in 1892 (Cal- endar of Virginia State Papers), was a member of the House of Burgesses from Essex in the same year (JournaD; and was a justice of Essex. He married daughter of Col. Lawrence Smith. His will was dated Jan. 2i. 1707-17O3. and re- corded in Essex February. 1707-170S. He mentions hiss wife. Elizabeth, soiis John. Hay, Lawrence. and Nicholas. and daughter Elizabeth. John Battatle. probably the son named ifithe will, was one of the first justices of Caroline coun- ty in TIPS. The family was prominent in the latter county, and various members removed to other portions of Virginia and to the West. It is not known that any complete account of the family had been prepared. Following are some dis connected notes in regard to the name: Sarah Battaile. of Caroline, married in 1T40, Henry Fitzhugh. John Battaile of Kentucky, married Mary, daughter of Col. John Daingerfield, and had John. wm. and James. Maria Battaile married in 1897 Muscoe Garrett of Essex; Eliza beth Battaile married about 1793; Wn.. Catesby Woodford. Lawrence Battaile was living in 1755 Hay Battaile of Caro- line, was living in 17S2. - Battaile of Caroline, married John Taliaferro, ot King George county. Catherine Battaile of Orange county, married Charles Lewis. John Battaile was lieutenant of Virginia militia in the war of 1872. Hay Bataile was member of the House of Delegates from Caroline 1S15-1S2O Lawrence Bat taile, justice of Caroline, 174S, and his will proved March, 1749-1750. by his widow, Sarah Battaile. Captain Nicholas Bat taile of Caroline married Mary Thornton and had with perhaps other children), Mary, who married WnlI Taliaferro in 175l. The will of John Battaile was proved in Caroline, May 10. 17S3 See Vir
 ginia Magazine. vol. third, No. l.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

502. RoDES-Information desired of the Rodes family of Virginia. John Rodes lived in Albemarle County, Va, before the Revolution. Did he serve in the Rev olutionary War? Would like the names of his children, and whom they married
 E, D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

50S. HAwKINS-Please give me all data possible of the Hawkins family of North Carolina. Who was the father of Governor Wm. Hawkins? M. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

505. CALvERT-Informati Is desired of the Calvert family of Maryland. Please give their Colonial and Revolutionary re- cord. s. H.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

51. SCARBoROUGH-Ple give me all the information you can of the Scarbor- ough family of Virginia and Maryland. What was the name of the first immi- grant. the name of his wife, the names of his children and whom they married
 L. N
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

Mrs. ,. Morgan smith md Mra R. H.
 Carter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-11
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Salem
Terminal Traction company, a corpora
ton, ON the goth day of June, 1908, filed
with Will II. Cole, city clerk of the city
OF Clarksburg its application for fran
chisc for the construction, maintenance
and operation of a street railway in the
city of Clarksburg. over, upon and along
the following stlCets: Beginning at
point where the county road intersects
the Baltimore s. Ohio railroad, ut place
familiarly known as Barnes crossing,
running thence with said road to Syca-
more street, thence with said Sycamore
street in southcrly direction to Locust
street, thence with said Locust street in
an casterly direction to Chestnut street,
thence with said Chestnut street in
soutlerly direction across Pike and Main
streets to Mechanic street, thence with
Mechanic street in an easterly direction
10 Third street, thence with Third street
north to Main street.
Beginning also ut a point where Balti-
more street intersects Sycamore street
at and near Boyle's saloon, and running
thence with Baltimore street in an east
crly direction, by way of the Baltimore
s Ohio freight and passenger depots, to
the overhead bridge, which crosses over
the Baltimore s. Ohio railroad, cast of
the depot, thence north over, upon and
across said bridge. A plat of this survey
i: filed with the city clerk as part of said
application.
The said application viii be presented
ia the city council of the city of Clarlks-
burg at it's regular meeting to be held
on Friday, August 9TH, 1908, or as soon
thereafter ms tie said council viii con-
slider the application, at which time this
notice win have been published and the
application filed ut least thirty 1907 days.
This notice is given in compliance will,
Chapter % of the Acts of 1901 Of tho
Legislature of West Virginia, and pub
lfshcd for thirty 1907 days in the Clarls-
burg Telegram, a daily newspaper OF
general circulation, published in the city
Of ClarlSsburg, IN Harrison county, West
Virginia.
This notice - given by the vice pres
ident of said corporation, Joseph = Barns,
the president, being absent from cne>atats
of West Virginia.
Dated this June Goth. 1908.
j. E. Law,
Vice President Of the Salem Terminal
Traction Company, Corporation
jun2o-dsod
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

NJ. G. sperry, special commissioner, to
james r. Lindsay, one-half of 1876 ucres,
Sardis district.
G. d. Clemens to Edwin p. Clemens,
one-half of lot, Broad Oaks.
Edwin p. Clemens to Nirginin b. Glenn
ons, one-half of lot, Broad Oaks
}. w. Young ct Al. to Catherine Davis.
one lot, Salem.
n. }. Van Horn to $. o. Davis, 25.4s
scres, Grant district.
Jesse +. Randolph to II. w. Willis, one
lut Sdcm.
Meta v Pr1tchard to L. NJ. Patton,
'ots. Upland Grove.
Nancy Lipscomb to c. f. Lipscomb,
orcn acres Clay district.
.Iiiis \. Cunningham to Prudence Fitz-
patrick. one lot, Adamston.
t2!n J. Sturm to John II. Hardesty
Ct AL trustee. one lot, Enterprise.
W .. letters estate TO Flayius i. Da-
vissom one lot; Lucretta $. Tcter, 3n.4J
acres and Grover c. Golden. one lot,
Bridgeport.
Dudley II. Davis estate to Emily Du-
W. two lots and 80 acres; Ethel Davis,
2IO3 acres; Raymond Davis, 3s,GG acres;
,Iosic Taylor, 3O.OT; Minnie <cster, G2.7l
acres. Elk district.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-07-11

8 ~ Aft1Ss ) tltle ]if-73&9A4 nAetts sp4As.1
have been worn AZ the French
races this season. One had a
skirt OF champagne tinted wolfe
with a short full plated bolero
OF the same material, trimmed with
Euipures applique. The corsage blouse
was Of white silk, crossed with stitched
folds, The hat was of ornamental white
straw trimmed with black velvet
Another had a skirt formed OF three
flounces Of white etamtHe stitched with
n1ituve silk. The corsage was laced "a
front with fTauye cord and had a shopl-
der cape like the skirt. stitched with
Inauve IN the same manner. WITH this
: costume was worn a white Iehlhef Do1'
with hat of white straw having rrauFe
and white trimmings.
Yet n third perhaps the most beGutl-
fuI was OF all over ecru Irish gatpurc
lace. The waist was adorned with a
short. plain bolero of the ecru lace ana
had also a wide collar Of the same
beautiful material. The collar was open
Mt th,. throat a hat of rose colorea
stra ", trimmed with white silk mus
IN and white plumes. went with this
handsome lace gown. l noted many
of the toilets and give some oil them
hero as an example of tastefu1-dress-
ing. showing how the question of har-
rnony is studied by Parisiennes ana
+ how pleasant is the effect. 1t VIII De
seen how rarely a hat matches dress
in the usual acceptat!oH OF the woEu'
and how much more telling Is toSet
when the hat and sunshade harmonic
yith-in preference to matchins-the
muslin or lace gown. The Duchesse dc
Nouilles wore a beautiful toilet IN en-
I,roidered lawn over pink, with a wide
collar IN ynlencIennes; a large dropping
nat in rice straw. trimmed with bows
of male blue satin ribbon and punches
OF La France roses. The Marqulse ae
ys-ChandIeu was in crepe de chlhe
Of the color of the mauve hydranEea,
with a collar falling over the shoulders
In BruEes lace; a large pastel blue hat.
with feathers of the same shade. Com
Jesse d'HausonvilIe was in cornhower
t,I1,e voiIe with Inechlin lace in a bow
and long ends at the throat and