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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
HALLEY'S COMET AFTER SEVENTY.FIVE
YEARS BUSHES EARTHWARD AGAIN
Prof. Barnard OF the Yerkes Observatory Tells Why the
Camera Will ''Pck Up the Celestial Tramp Before
1t Can Be Seen With the Telescope.

catch sight of the expected visitor
during the winter of 19O8-19O9. We
may begin to search for it as early as
September, 1908, provided good
ephemerides are at hand. Almost GER
ta1nly 1t may be found by September
or October.
1t VIII then be only round nebula,
whatever tail it has being almost di-
rectly behind it as seen from the
earth. The date Of its nearest APP
proach to the sun, according to H. C.
Wilson, should be March 10, 1910.
After October, 1909, the comet will
probably be visible to the unaided eye.
Even now it is nearer to us than Sat
urn and is rushing forward at the rate
of $40 miles a minute. After it pass
es Jupiter, next planet on it's way,
the speed will increase to 1888 miles
minute. After it passes Jupiter, the
next planet on its way, the speed will
increase to 1888 miles a minute. 1t
will then plunge through the zone of
asteroids, or tiny planets which wan
der between Jupiter and Mars. Woe
to any small asterOid it may encounter
on the way, but worse still for the
comet should it crash head on in it's
mad career into the giant planet Jul
piter, the great disturber of comets.
1t is a we'll known fact that the gil
ant planet has way of annexing COM
cts and even tiny asteroids which
may happen to drift his way in a
most unprincipled fashion. Suspicious
have been aroused concerning two
new moons acquired Of late years
which doubtless were once members
of the asteroid family. Jupiter has
been gravely accused by some learned
astronomers of exerting his mighty
influence on the helpless worldlets and
adding them to his own family circle.
Not only that, but he has reached out
for passing comets and captured no
less than thirty, which are now recog-
nized and spoken Of as Jupiter's fam
lily" of comets.
At its appearance in 1885 Halley's
comet made fairly near approach
to Jupiter, which caused the comet to
hasten it's return somewhat. How
ever, on it's present journey no I'M
necessary alarm need be felt regard
ing a possible encounter with the ce-
lestial robber.. Jupiter. as the comet
will not approach that planet within
| several million miles. Il
On June IL, 1910, the comet will
pass within five to ten million miles
of the earths orbit and then gradually
| recede into space, after making it's
obeisance to it's mighty ruler, the sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

But these are obscure valleys, mar
row and diminutive, mere pockets,
between huge mountains, where in
the past no plant worthy of cultiya-
ton has found so much sHa .foothold.
And it is in many just such spots as
these tthtettA the returns are the hugest
Irrigation, in such cases, is the re-
manning factor that explains the
mystery
The same magazine tells remark.
able story of the success of two
women who tried farming in England
They began with five acres in Berk.
shire, but found they had too much
land, so they cut down their holdings
to less than half that amount.
The teachers of the women were a
French gardener and his family, who
with acre of land in France, sold
$4,000 worth of produce in a year.
In a bare plowed field stands a
square palisade of zinc plates inclos-
ing about three-quarters of an acre.
writes a visitor to the farm. ''The
ground is all covered with inverted
bell glasses Of the kind known in
Europe as clochers. Under each bell
at the time this writer visited the
farm were five lettuces, Lettuces were
growing around the bells and other
vegetables sown broadcast were com
ing up everywhere. Every inch of the
soil bears at least three crops a year,
each of them anticipating the season
and therefore producing fancy prices. .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
POINTERS FOR USE in THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST FLIES

If you still consider the house fly a
nuisance chiefly because it buzzed
about your nose on Sunday morning,
I'D because it speckss up the gilt
.lan.5 on the oil painting in the parlor,
you Il; 9 better have a talk with your
family physician on thef subject. You
need to be revised and brought I'D to
date on this most vital problem of
the public health You are still read
ing in the third reader, which, we all
remember, represents this insect ,5as
sailing about, absorbing from the air
invisible but noxious tarticles, thus
purifying it. for humans TO breathe.
The truth is that the fly is not only
an annoying insect, but a carrier of
disease compared with which the
mosquito is a petty offender here in
the North.
It required the shalsssful waste of
human life among our Soldiers in the
late Spanish stto demonstrate the
fact that flies itch swa1med I'M
hindered from stsahant open sewers
TO the exposed fodet sHpplies Of the
camp spread the terrible intestinal
diseases, dysentery and typhoid fever,
that kept nine-tenths q. the men in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

Afer an absence of seventy-five
years Halley's comet ESQ named after
the astronomer who determined it's
orbit is on return trip. The magni-
fed eyes provided by scientists in the
giant lenses of the telescopes at the
Lick and Lerke's observatories Will
be enabled to get glimpse of the re-
turning wanderer from space in the
fall of the present year. AS the comet
approaches nearer and nearer. to our
planet the smaller telescopes will have
their chance.
The surprising fact, however, is
noted by Prof E. E. Barnard of the
Yerkes observatory that the comet
will be found by the camera before it
can be picked up by the greatest tele-
scopes. .-..,... -
In reply to questions regarding the
expected return of Halley's comet I
have received the following interest
ing reply from Prof. Barnard:
Z I think you can say with absolute
certainty" says Prof. Barnard, chat
Hailey's comet will be visible in the
fprty-inch telescope in the winter of
1903. 1t ought to be bright object
then in a good telescope, and should
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Hats of, Please.

In reply to the question, please tell
when and where are, or is, the correct
time for gentleman to lift or remove
his hat" re reply: Without consulting
authorities on etiquette; in fact, Civ
ing it to you off-hand, so to speak, we
should say at the following times and
on the following occasions, respective
ly, the hat should be lifted or removed
as circumstances indicate: when mop
ping the brow; when taking bath;
when eating; when going to bed;
when taking up a collection; when
having the hair trimmed; when being
shampooed; when standing on the
head.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Many Lemons Handed Her.

The lemon BATH is, it so appears,
the newest summer craze, says the
New York Times. Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland, who champions the lemon
bath. borrowed the idea from the
Dutch Indies and attributes a great
deal of the satin-like softness of her
skin to the cleansing effect of the
baths in which she has been indulging
nthe advice of one of her colonial
governors.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

the hospitals and killed a thousand to
every dozen that fell in battle. Doctors
knew the life story and the habits Of
the pestiferous house fly, and ig-
norance on the part of laymen is no
longer excusable. knowledge and in
telligent action will reduce the death
rate in city. and country, and even
within your own family
Flies come from eggs. But who ever
saw fy's egg? If there is a heap Of
horse manure behind your stable a
swarm Of flies rests on it, and the sur
face is dotted with small white eggs
that hatch in twenty-four hours or
less into small maggots, called larvae
They burrow into the soggy mass, fat
tening, casting their skins several
times, and finally emerging from a
brief pupal or chrysalis period as
adults in less than two weeks from the
egg.
Lacking this favorite breeding ma
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

and the Yerkes telescopes; then the
owners of smaller telescopes will get
their opportunity. until finally by Oc-
toDer, 1909, it MN he possible for all
to see the comet Il. he sky, as OBJ
servable from the eartl, u'lEn certain
computations. have been ias&lesss A
prize has been offered by the G.. ftglan
Astronomical society of 1000 marks
for the most exact calculation, and
when it is made we shall know ex-
actly where to look for the comet.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Bought crusoe's Firelock.

' Hulda B. White of, Philadelphia has
purchased the frelock used by Alex
ander Selkirk, Defoe's original Robin
son Crusoe on the island of Juan Fer
nandez, at a sale in Edinburgh. The
relic has an authentic pedigree, and
for long time was in the possession
of Selkirk's relatives in Fifeshire,
Scotland. The price paid for the gun
was $3.50.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

be visible in any telescope of five or
SIX inches aperture, because, accord
ing to Holetchek (Astr. Mach. for 1908,
June 49,, it will on Oct. 2, 1909. be
of the fourteenth magnitude. It will,
of course, get brighter after that date.
On Oct. 2, 1908, it will be unusual
lySaint because it's computed magni-
tude will be 1S.2m. According to DR..
Holetchek the brightness of the comet
at its best will be sim. This would
make it not very different from the
brightness of Daniels comet of that
year. But you must ear in mind that
comet is an uncertain quantity, so
far as prediction of it's brightness is
concerned and it may come up to
some of it's glory Of the Middle Ages,
though this is not probable, for the
comet at each return must lose great
deal Of it's tail-producing material, and
hence a each successive return it must
present a less brilliant aspect.
Briefly, the position of Halley's
comet at the return is not yet known
with any decided accuracy. Cowell
and Cromelin (Monthly Notice, Royal
Astronomical society, Vol. 6S) give the
perihelion passage April 8, 1910. They
are doubtless nearer it than others,
but there is an uncertainty of perhaps
several weeks. The largest field of
view of the fOrty-inch telescope is less
than six minutes Of arc. This will be
covered many times by the little
finger nail held at arms length. The
astronomer, therefore, can see but a
small speck of space. If the position
of an object be closely known, it can
be readily picked up if bright enough
TO be seen in the forty-inch. But if
the place is uncertain by some de-
gree it would be a great loss of time
to hunt for it with the forty-inch-
''At the same time the Photographic
plate is far more sensitive than the
naked eye to the light of a comet. The
field of view of a Photographic tele-
scope is far greater than that Of the
visual telescope so that it can readily
take in, in one picture, all the region
that is likely to contain the comet.
There are much greater chances of
the comets being picked up with some
of the rejecting telescopes, or with
some of the portrait lenses, by aid Of
the Photographic plate. Thopgh the
comet will be very faint the coming
fall and winter, have no doubt, that
it will be found photograhically.'
The comet is now out between the
orbits Of Jupiter and Saturn. It will
be within the distance of Jupiter's- or
bit after March 1, 1909. It is possible
that some one with the aid of great
telescope or Photographic camera may
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Watch in Mail Box.

Charles Kaufman, a mail collector
in st. Louis, found a new gold watch
in street mail box with a note at
tached asking that it be sold and the
money applied to charity, as the
watch had been stolen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Up.To.Date.

Where are you going, my pretty
maid %
ITO look for husband, sir" she
said.
"Will you share my lot, my pretty
maid?"
IF it's lots Of money yes" she said.
Illustrated Bits.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Her Comfort and Guide.

Ask man IL It's raining, and he
looks ont OF the window to see,''
& ee.Be you mean to tell nae that q
woman pursues different eourse2'
Yes: she looks In the paper.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Elastic Size.

Elastic Size.
What kind Of figure is Mrs.
Dressy?"
well, if you go by the quantity of
stuff it takes to make her dresses, she
is quite tall; but when it comes to pay
ing for them, she is very short. s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
But He Does.

"Where does he get his money!"
II don't know where he gets his, and
I don't care. What I am Interested In
is knowing Just how he gets mine"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
That MAY Come.

Telephone, directory, twine, much
1age the druggist is certainly very
helpful
Eyes, he provides, everything except
free lunch"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Which Breed?

Which Breed?
Miss Gaddie-Yes, May Roxley is
lust as mad at her father as she can
be. There was little puppy with a
great pedigree that she wanted him to
buy for her, and he wouldn't do it.
Miss Ascum- was it? A
French count or German baron?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

A Cynical Reason.
wonder why the owl has been
chosen as the symbol of wisdom?''
Because the owl has sense enough
to keep his mouth shut, except only
when it opens it to boot at everything
else
Smoothing the Record.
what did Barker do when he dis.
covered that his wife and chauffeur
had planned to elope in his carp
"He oiled It thoroughly and put it in
first class shape
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
J n. EDnCNp Ro5EAlND
1RQN Rk.Ac6 AHD SHkUK8

That M. Colquin will make a fare
well tour Of America was the an
nouncement of Charles Frohman, who
has just returned from Europe. Mr.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

IlS0<S3-1IIWVF ---.-
Frohman has arranged to produce in
New York this season NJ Rostand's
new play "Chanticlair.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
Along Memory

Golfer (to long suffering and wearied
caddle)-How many's that, Sandy?
tappit it aft the tee in yum, missed it
altaegether in twa, went intae the sand
bank in three, We didna get DOT in four,
but We got DOT in five. We gaed intae
the wllins in sax, We didna get cot in
seven, but We got cot in acht, and moo
we're playin' yere ninth.-Punch.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

WAS it fashionable wedding?''
s'Oh, extremely. The bride denied
the engagement right up to the altar.
and the groom had hired seven cam
eras to smash"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12

Just Alike.
Belle-The Rock of Gibraltar must
be something like the Barney Stone.
Beulafl-What are you talking about?
why the Blarney Stone is associated
with kissing, isn't it %
1T certainly is"
..WelI, they say the Rock Of Gibra1-
tar is honeyeombed with seventy miles
Of tunnels! ~ onkers Statesman.
Popular Fiction.
She-You told me you had an origi-
nal idea in your new novel.
HeSo I had. But the publisher
discovered it In the proof sheets and
made me take it out.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-24
sWEpEsRoRo.

David Garrigues, of Cross Keys, has been
visiting at the home of Jacob S. Ware, this
week.
Wilmer Egee returned last week from a
trip which took in Providence, Rhode Is
land, Boston, and New York.
Mrs. William Murdoch and two little
daughters, spent Sunday and Monday with
relatives in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Amos Harris and wife spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stretch Harris at Hancock's
Bridge, Salem county.
William Egee, local agent of the So
eiety for she Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
mails, fined John Mills 50 for cruelty in
tying tin can to the tail of dog. Agent
Egee goes about with his eyes open, and
those who violate the rules Of the society,
which he represents, will most likely get
into trouble.
Mr.. j Howard Avis, of this place, and
Miss Caroline FL. Crane, OF Bridgeton, were
married in Camden, by Rev. w. h. Bur-
rell, on Wedeseay, December 9th.
Mrs William Denny has been spending
a week with relatives and friends in
Bridgeton.
Our new $3.50 school building has
been completed and turned over 80 the
Board of Education. Is is fine stone
building, handsome in appearance, and
located as it is in the center OF the town, it
is an object to which we may all point
with pride, even If our taxes have scared a
little on account OF il. Is has twelve large
class rooms, each with little private sit
ting room for the teacher; cloak rooms,
lunch rooms, supervising principals room,
teachers sitting room, room for the meet
ings of the school board, library, toilet
room, etc Il is fitted with heating and
ventilating plant, which seems TO be per-
feet, and which cost $1,000. Great credit
is due Aruhitect Charles r. PeddIe for his
plan, and the way it worked out, there
being the least possible waste OF materials.
Credit is also due Superintendent Evans,
whose watchful eye saw that every detail
was carried out, and the work done In the
best manner. Lynch Bros, Of Philadel-
phia, the contractors, also come in for their
share Of credit According 30 the present
plan, the new school building will be ded-
icated on Saturday, January I'd, and school
will open on the Monday following.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-24

We have complete and attractive stock
Each pair in pretty holiday box, a5c, Soc
and ST. co.
Hundreds of gift suggestions here -
Sweaters, Cardigan Jackets, Gloves, Um-
brellas. Fancy Vests, Stick Pins, Cuff But
tons, Watches, from 81 to 10, for twenty
year guaranteed filled case with Elgin
moyement, and number others 700 num-
erous TO mention. Prices the lowest for
quality.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-26
GIl
IS BEING FOR ed.

received from business men throug-
out the country has encouraged him
to make the organization the largest
OF It's kind in existence.
Smell Smith. the secretary and ma
ttonal organizer Of the National Re
publican League. who IS the right
hand man OF Mr.. Hammond, has. de
rect supervision of the work Of the
organization. Mr.. Smith Is not yet
thirty years OF age. but his training
and experience have equipped him
admirably for his Iabors. For I'VE
years he has been the principal po-
litical writer OF the Washington
Post and has met and enjoys the
coincidence OF the leaders OF the Re
publican party throughout the conn
try, Including Presidents Roosevelt
ana Secretary Taft. Mr.. Smith was
one of the efdcient aids TO Frank II.
Hitchcock during the Chicago con-
vention and he assisted materially
In bringing about the nomination OF
Mr. Taft. SO wen did he perform
his duties that Mr.. Taft and Chair
man Hitchcock requested him to con-
.tinue in the political Held until the
elections are over.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-26
USES KNIFE
In a Fight at the Scion Mine
Inficting a Cash
in Arm.

SUBMISSION, Oct. 26-As a re-
suit of too much booze at the Scion
mine yesterday, Billy chatham. a
well known colored man. and Nathan
ScritchheId white, got into a fight
and chatham cut a large cash in
Scritchfeld's left arm. as the result
of which Billy was lodged in the city
jail
Miss Nellie knight, of ,Fairmont,
was the guest of Miss Norma Patman
over Sunday.
R. P. Rady. of c1arksburg, was
in town yesterday.
Miss Emma Boggess is the guest
of friends in town this week.
Mrs. Rose A Radagaugh spent
yesterday with relatives at Meadow
brook.
At a meeting of the Official board
and the Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal church Friday
evening arrangements were made
for the buying of furniture for the
parsonage.
Miss Minnie Smith. who has been
nursing DR.. E. Stricken a few weeks
has returned to the City hospital at
Fairmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Randall and
little son. of Fatrmont, were the
guests of relatives here yesterday.
Mrs. D. P. Morgan of clarksburg,
was the guest of Mrs. Sarah Coon
Saturday.
Miss Blanche Shinn, of Buckhan-
non, and Miss Fisher. OF Clarksburg,
were the guests of Miss Helen Rna-
dali Saturday evening.
An informal dance will be held al
Hamilton hall this evening by nEn-
her of the young people of the town.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-26
NEW PASTOR
At Pride's A. M. E. Church
breaches His First Ser
mons as Such.

Rev. S. P. West, d. D., Is the new
pastor at Pride's Chapel A. NJ. e.
church. and the people of the co n
gregation are conGratulating them
selves upon having him as their pas
tor
Rev West is graduate of the
state Normal College at California in
the class of 1886, and was principal Of
the colored school at Uniontown. Pa.
for several years prior to entering
the ministry. Rev. West has taken
the degree of ID. d. from Morris
Brown College. Atlanta, Ga, and also
from wilberforce Theological Semin-
airy, OF wiIherforce. o., and Is admit
ted to be one of the most scholarly
and able ministers of the PIttsburg
conference and of the connection.
He was a delegate to the general
conference at Norfolk, Va, last May.
and was the instigator OF having West
Virginia made a separate annual con-
ference Rev. West was offered much
larger and better paying charges than
'Clarksburg. and comes willingly to
this small, though growing, congre-
CATION. simply to be u member OF the
new conference and to be an instru-
ment in helping build 1t up and devel-
OPP 1t. Rev. West is not "A stranger in
the colerod congregation at Clarks-
burg, having been presiding elder
over this district for the last two
years. And his appreciation was at
tested by the hearty greeting accord
ed him by the officers and members
as well as by the Soodly audiences
that assembled both morning and
evening to listen to his discourses.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-26
n1on REKARn. n1no.

The readers OF this paper VIII be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science hRt
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that ta -Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
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medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease. requires q cOnBd-
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y taken interaolly, acting olrecIAy upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. thereby destroying the foundA-
ton OF the disease, and giving the pa
tuition and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprieIorB have SO much
that It falls to cure. Send for list of
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars Tor any case
testimonials. Address:
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-26
Specials from Each Department

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$3.50 Ladies Dress Shoes in vo and Pat Leather ST. 90
$1oo Mems Sweaters, coat style, in Grey, at 49c
$500 Mems high cut Shoes "A n9 black and $2.98
$500 SILK Petcoats heavy taeta, all colors at $2.90
$500 Boys Shoes sizes 2Iz to in all leahers at $l.9
soc Mems HEAVY Fleeced Lined Underwear at. 39c
ST. so Mems heavy and extra strong Working Pants NC
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-26

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that if st does not give sat
isfaction we VIII return the
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every person suffering from
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coughs, bronchitis OF ineipi-
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