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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

ther away than the brighter ones: they are faint either because they are new stars not yet much condensed or be- cause they are actually smaller than others or because they are very old and beginning to die out
 If we could directly measure the dis tance to some thousands of stars the task of finding the shape and size or our star cloud would be an easy one. But there Is only one way known or measuring the distance of star. ana that Is by observing its apparent change ,dn direction from us as the earth carries us along its great path in its yearly Journey around the sun. And nearly all of the stars are so in- finitely far away that even when our position is thus altered by 1S5 mil- lions of miles they are not apparently displaced in the slightest degree.
 But beside our own motion around the sun, the sun itself is ceaselessly rushing througl sthe star cloud carry ing the earth and all of the other planets with it. The effect of this motion Is to cause a displacement or all of the stars, and notwithstanding that the stars themselves are also nov ing in all directions on the whole those stars which are nearest to us will ap- pear to be displaced the most, just as
 
 railway train, the nearer objects appear to rush past with far greater velocity than those which are far away. IT, therefore, two series of stars are so chosen that the drift of each star Of the first series over the sky Is twice as great as that of the second, we can say that on the whole all the stars or the second series are twice as far away as those of the first. though we can tell nothing of the comparative dis- tances of any two particular stars. As the centuries go by in which we are carried ever further on our journey through the star cloud, the accuracy of this method will be very much in creased
 From such careful studies of star drift 1t is inferred that the great majority of stars which we see are ar- ranged in long spiral cluster which appears to us as the Milky Way. When the telescopic stars of this cluster are mapped, it is seen that its borders are not sharply marked as they would be if we were viewing it from the out side,. but that the stars diminish in number gradually until the bright band fades into the ordinary star-lit sky From this 1t is concluded that we are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

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 Are you 6esitafing, at the parting of Ehe ways, on the question of whether, or not, you should "Take Cardui?"
 If so, perhaps the following informa- fion will help you to settle the question, fin way that will be satisfactory and benefcial-to you.
 The main question really resolves it. self into two:
 First: Will Cardui do ycu any harma
 Second: Will Cardui do you any goodf
 We can answer them both for you, in q manner that We feel sure will be con- Hincing.
 First: Cardui will not do you any harm, no matter what your age, or h what condition of health you may be. Cardui is manufactured according to scientific methods, from absolutely harmless vegetable ingredients, com kains no minerals, opiates, or other dele terious drugs, and is fully Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act
 Second: Cardui win do you good. How much good, of course, depends very largely on your present state of health, how long you have been sick, and how long you continue to take 1t. These things you know more about than we do.
 But we do know that Cardui has proven itself, in the many years since it was first used, a most benefcent, strengthening, and specific remedy, for the commOn disorders to which MO- men are so subject.
 Cardm will strengthen you if you ara weak.
 It will relieve your female troubles, if they are due to some cause which can be reached by medicine.
 As proof of the statement that Car dui will benefit womanly disorders, we ask you to read the letters printed below; then to go to your druggist and get a bottle of it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

The wonderful Milky Way still passes directly overhead but it's slow west ward turning has now become very evident In August 1t arched the heavens from the northeast to the southwest; by December it will stretch due east and west and not until the end of February will it cease to pass directly through the zenith. Then the winter branch will be visible to us, after which it will rapidly sink toward the west and disappear.
 The Planets.
 The planet Mars. which is moving rapidly eastward out of the constella- ton Sagittarius into Capricornus may still be seen in the southwest. but it is now in unfavorable position for ob- servation. The beautiful Saturn, how ever. with its rings and retfnue of moons Is high up in the east. and every evening is coming into more favorable position. And low down in the west.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02
To cro.. the Atlantic in one Day.

Technical World.
 Within a few years the crossing of the Atlantic, with its 5000 miles of stormy sea. will be 8 mere pleasure excursion of thirty hours in length. The marvellous boat invented by Peter Cooper Hewitt. which is supported by planers which glide or skim through the water, is expected to cut down the length of the trip to Europe to a day and a quarter. at the same time doing away with most of the danger of an ocean voyage.
 My first model" Mir. Hewitt told The Technical World. was entirely supported by the planes at sixteen miles an hour; the fiotation hull being entirely out of the water at that speed. I found. too, that the area of the planes should decrease with the speed for economy and safety. So far. speed has only been limited by the propeller, but the. craft will gradually improve with increased size. and the liner of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02
WOnla1'S Relief
':SICK FOR EIGHT YEARS''

Revere, Minn, Nov. p, 1906 Before took Cardu had pains low my back that often wished could die wasn't able do anything couldn't sleep and often went to bed at night and thought wouldn't live till morning. No medicine helped me- until took Cardu and entirely we'll I wish other would Mn follow my advice and take Cardui for female dis gS@ It is a and very cheap, for how 17]> many doctor for years and get benefit; whilst four bottles of Cardui and two boxes of Thed fords BlackDraught cured me, although had been %%.S % sick for eight years.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

the paintings is the disc-shaped body shown in Fig. 2. with various lamina- tions corresponding to the branching of the Milky Way. and with a few holes directly through it which correspond to the sky.
 But mere glance at any photograph of the Milky Way, such as Is shown in Fig. 3. will show that the stars are not evenly distributed. but are massed together in some places and compara- lively few in others Many of the very faint stars. too. are certainly not far
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

The principal change in the evening sky Is the appearance of the bright winter constellation Taurus wnicn, with tho beautiful Pieiades Is now high up in the east. Tine Scorpion, the Bal- ance, and Virgo have all disappeared, while the great faint ophinchus. or Serpent holder, Is already half sunk Tn the west. Overhead there shine out the beautiful Northern Cross. which. with Cassiepoea in the north and For malhaut and the Eagle in the south makes the autumn sky so much bright ar than that of midsummer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

that the spiral is more complicated perhaps somewhat Of the shape shown in Fig. 5. The distance across the cluster is still very uncertain. Per haps the most reliable estimate is that which places 1t at about 4.o00 light years; that is, light occupies 1000 years in passing from one end of the cluster to the other
 Scattered among the bright stars there are innumerable fainter ones which appear faint because they actually are so and not because they are farther away than the others. Some of them, like the red stars, are faint because they have reached a point in their development in which the light from their bright interior is obscured by heavy clouds. Some are too little condensed as yet to emit much light; they are too young, and others are too old. We know that all of the stars are slowly contracting and ap- preaching a solid condition: we cannot doubt that there are very many which have already become cold and which must remain forever invisible to us And since in a definite though very long time even the largest sun will thus die out under the action of natural forces, it seems that had these been
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

the future will be practically indspend- ent of weather. and have no motion from the waves"
 Mir. Hewitt Is known for the in- vention of the famous light which bears his name and of many devices used on automobiles. His reputation is that of a conservative and careful. as we'll as brilliant observer. His new gliding boat has been seen and ap- proved by many leading scientists A larger model for which a speed of sev- enty miles an hour Is confidently pre- dicted. is now in process of construc- tfon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

Way.
 just after sunset. brilliant planet will be detected creeping out from behind the sun so rapidly that by the end of the month it will be very conspicuous and soon after will exceed Mars in brilliancy. This is the planet Venus, which all. through the winter will re- main the beautiful evening star.
 The observer may also detect the little planet Mercury. which will reach it's greatest distance east of the sun on the 23rd of the month. and may pos sibly be seen shining in the sunset glow far toward the southwest. This planet is so low down in the sky, how ever, that i: will only be found with difficulty.
 On October 18th. at forty-seven min- utes past four p. m. the moon will pass over the star at A. Fig. 1; on october 2s at SPA a. m.. it will pass over the star at B. The first star will remain behind the moon one hour and three minutes, and the second one hour and five minutes, as seen from Wash ington.
 The August Comet.
 The observer who looked at the sky, just before sunrise during the month of August doubtless saw the bright lit- tie comet which was then visible. These visitors from the depths of space have been very rare of late years. No one can tell when our sun will pass one of these bodies and draw 1t toward itself with ever-increaslng velocity until the comet finally swings around the sun and pursues it's journey out into space again. where possibly ages hence 1t may be- disturbed in just the same way by another star. The August comet was very pretty one. with a bright nucleus and a short tail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

acting forever every star would have long since become cold. We are. there- fore. led to conclude that our universe in it's present form cannot have exist ed forever. but that it had beginning no less surely than 1t shall have an end
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

Way.
 turbance produced in 1t by that great body had greatly increased Its in- trinsic brightness. The Unlverse of Stars. No one can study the wonderful face
 of the sky, shown in Figs. 1. and 6
 without wondering what the nature of the universe is. Surrounding us
 in every direction is this vast aggre-
 gation of suns extending Into the in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

in the cluster itself: that our sun Is merely one of the stars of the Milky Way clusters.
 Fig. 4. shows form originally as- signed to the Milky Way cluster, but from more recent researches it appears
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

Fig. 3.-PhOtOgraph or part Of the Milky way.
 It was easily visible without a teles- cope On August 1st it was near the bright star Aldebaran, at A. Fig. 6; by September 1st 1t had moved entirely across the Twins into Cancer. It was nearest the earth on August 3rd, when it was but seventy millions of miles away, but it was brightest on August 23rd because, though it was then ninety millions miles from us; it had drawn so near the sun that the dis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02

The Mems Club. of the Brick Church. at Rochester. N. T.. having over 200 members. will devote the winter to the consideration of sociological subjects. meeting twice month. with prominent speake to address them RA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-02
LETTER OF GRATEFUL THANKS
i'm
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-15
His Life was Insured.

Some rather curious documents
are filled out in the insurance
business, but none that are more
so than one that was filled out in
Durham one day this week.
This was the death certificate o.
Freeman Jones, who carried a
small life policy with the Life
Insurance Company of Virginia.
In giving the cause of death the
physician that was filing out the
blank stated the cause was meek
broken, while the answer to the
question of duration of last i'll
ness was nineteen minutes"
The claim will be paid by the
company, that is If the past is to
be an indication Of what they
will do. The money will go to
his wife.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-15

The judgment of the court in
the case of G. w. Vickers against
the Durham and South Carolina
Railway has been paid. When
thecase wassettled in thesuperior
court, giving Mr.. vickers s642. so
the attorneys from the railroad
gave notice of appeal, but later
the amount has been paid by the
company, which ends the suit.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-15
A BILL TO AMEND CITY CHARTER.
Aldermen Of Durham 10 Be Given More
Power Regarding Officers
and Streets.

and Streets.
A bill has been introduced in
the legislature by Representative
Manning, at the instance of the
present board of aldermen, that
is of interest to the citizens of
Durham. This is a bill to amend
the charter of the city, giving
more power to the board of city
aldermen.
One provision of the proposed
change is to give the aldermen
power to employ an assistant city
clerk and other officers if needed.
Under the present charter it
names the various positions to be
filled and there is no provision for
either bookkeeper or assistant
clerk. This will give them addi-
tional power, also the power to
create such new Offices as are
needed or desired.
Another section of the bill pro-
vides that no one person shall
hold two positions in the city
government and for the purposes
of this act the school committees
are officers. There is a proviso
that this shall not apply if the
city desires to make the assistant
clerk also bookkeeper for the
city.
One of the most important pro-
visions of the bill is to get some
system into the laying off of
streets in the future. Heretofore
the streets have been laid off by
private parties just as desired
and the result can be imagined.
This feature of the proposed
change provides: THAT no in
dividual, corporation, association
or partnership shall open or lay
out any new street or streets or
sell lots abutting on same with
out first having had a plat of
said proposed street or streets
made and submitted to the board
of aldermen of said city and
approved and accepted by said
board. The said board of alder
men may pass all necessary ordi-
nances to regulate and control
the opening of streets and alleys
in said city,"
Another section deals entirely
with the street railway question.
1t given the aldermen power to
regulate and prescribe the kind
of rails to be used; manner and
method of laying these rails, and
to require the street railway COM
pany to lay grooved rails under
certain conditions when this is is
desired or thought best. This
same act gives the aldermen
power to compel this as to future
franchises and also as to any
franchise now in operation. This
grooved rail can be required
where the streets are paved with
brick, asphalt or other improved
paving other than macadam.
The act requires the company to
keep its road bed in repair,
where it is thought that repairs
are needed, and that the COM
pany shall use the same kind of
paving that is used by the city in
any particular locality. The
road bed is described as being
that part of the street between
the rails and eighteen inches on
either side of the rails.
Anotherprovision of the change
in the charter will be to define,
enlarge or add other duties to the
chief of the fire department. In
other words to leave this matter
with the board of aldermen en-
tirely.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-15
JACK BARKER is CAPTURED
Arrested While Working at a.Still in
Lebanon Township.
OFFICERS MAKE A SUCCESSFUL RAID.
Entire Outfit Destroyed, Including l.
600 Gallons Of Beer, Is Gallons
Of Whiskey and an social.
Ion Still.


Revenue Officers Jordan, Pool,
and Banks went out in the north
ern part of the county Monday
and succeeded in finding a large
still in full blast, with five men
at work. The still, beer and
whiskey were destroyed and one
man captured, that man being
Jock Barker, husband of the
woman that was dragged from
her house by Freeman Jones,
who was hanged here last Fri
day.
The still was found one mile
east of South Lowell, near the
Durham and Orange county lines,
in the northwestern part of this
county. When the officers ap-
preached the still five men We're
working, two being white and
the others colored. The men
working at the still scattered in
every direction when they saw
that the officers were coming.
The officers gave chase and when
they returned to the still one
man had been captured and that
man was Jack Barker, who
could not run as fast as the
others.
Then the work of destruction
was begun, the beer stands being
cut down. the furnace torn dowr
and what could not be brought
to tcTn by the officers was de-
stroyed. They found every evil
dence of what might be termed
a first-class blind tiger 2istillery,
they having everything fixed not
only for the making, but for dis
posing of what they made.
Among that portion of the prop
erty destroyed was a 25-gallon
keg of whiskey, which could not
be brought to town, and a con-
siderable amount of low-wines
was poured out.
Jack Barker skipped out from
here sometime ago, probably a
year or more, leaving behind
four bonds. the aggregate of
which amounted to some $3.50 or
S400. He was charged in three
cases with selling whiskey with
out license and in the fourth was
charged with being a party in
robbing a store in East Durham.
In addition to having to face the
charge of making liquor in vio-
lation of the laws he will prob
ably have to face the other
charges that were against him,
as these were mol pressed with
leave to reinstate.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-15

engineer for quite a long time.
He returned to Durham less than
a year ago. He was not married.
Recently he had been spending
much Of his time with his aged
grand mother, Mrs. Polly Red.
mond, out near the reservoir.
He left father, three brothers one
sister. His brothers are W. P.
Redmond. this city; Charley Red
mond, of Tarboro, and Thad
Redmond, of Rocky Mount. The
only sister, Mrs. Nodie Crabtree,
who lives here. .nx
The funeral and burial took
place from the residence Of w.
7. Redmond Wednesday after
noon, conducted by j. H. Nc
Cracken, after which the re-
mains were inferred in Maple
wood cemetery.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-15

Delos W. Sorrell, county at
torney, went down to Raleigh
Wednesday to carry the bills that
the county commissioners order
ed drafted, which appears in
another column.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-15
He died IN A HAY WAGON
Only Companion was Jasper Mayes,
a l6.Yeaf-Old Boy.
roo MUCH STIMULATION THE CAUSE
Drank Full Pint Corn Whlskey al one
Tlme-The Remains Brought to
Durham for Inierment.

James Redmond, of this city,
son of w. T. Redmond, died sud-
denly in the country some six
miles west of Durham Tuesday
afternoon. At the time of his
death he was in a wagon with
Jasper Mayes, a young fellow
about sixteen years of age, and
Mayes had an experience that
he will not soon forget. For a
while he drove along with the
dead man in his arms and then
laid him back in the wagon and
ran off for help.
As soon as possible after the
saddrn death was reported to the
|!tl.ly here and an undertaken
was sent out and brought in the
body, reaching here about IL
o'clock Tuesday night. The re-
mains were taken to his fathers
home on Burch avenue. and
prepared for burial.
The best story of the sad death
of Mr.. Redmond is that he died
as the result of over-stimulation.
Young Mayes told the story and
said that Mr.. Redmond went with
him to get a load of hay. On
the way to the point where the
hay was to be loaded, said the
youth, Mr.. Redmond stopped him
and asked him to wait awhile.
In about an hour, continued the
boy. Mr.. Redmond returned
and when he came back he had
two pint bottles of corn whiskey.
After getting back, continued
the boy in his story, Mr.. Red
mond took a drink from one of
the bottles and also gave him a
drink. Later Redmond took one
or two other drinks and the bot
:" was nearly empty. Then the
9th r bottle was opened and the
boy sad that Redmond drank all
of this the entire pint without
stopping, that is without replac-
ing the stopper in the bottle. In
less than an hour he fell over
against him, seemed to have
something like a fit and then
death tells the remainder of the
story. This is the statement
made by young Mayes the
only witness to what he says oc-
CURED and the only one present
when Redmond died.
Speaking of the death the boy
said that when Mr.. Redmond fell
over against him he thought he
was drunk. Then there were
evidences that he was having a
fit or something of that kind and
he became scared. Placing his
arm around the man he drove on
for some distance, finally reach
ing the hay stack from which
they were to get the load of hay.
men he lay the burden back in
the wagon and ran to where some
men were at work and asked
them for help. When they ar
rived Redmond was just as he
had been left, there were no
pulse and he was getting stiff.
They removed him from the wag-
on, wrapped him in quilts and
attempted to warm and rub life
back into him. But he was dead,
and everything indicated that he
must have died when young
Mayes says he fell up against
him and seemed to have a fit. It
was the quivering Of death that
he noticed.
Mr.. Redmond was the Oldest
son Of w. 7. Redmond and was
born on November 26, 1867. He
would have been 40 years of age
had he lived until next Novem-
Der. Many years ago he left
here for the South and was an