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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

sex has been fttingly recognized.
Nine. Marie Sklodowska Curie. discov-
erer of radium, is by birth a Pole. Her
father was professor of sciences in
the town where Marie spent her child
hood, and she was interested in re-
torts, test tubes and chemicals at an
age when girl children are expected to
play with dolls But little Marie never
did play with dolls. She used to spend
her time in the professors laboratory
and frequently amazed with her wis
dom and knowledge grave, learned
men who called on her father. After
finishing the scientific course in the
school of her home town of VarsOvie
the young girl went to Paris to study
further. There she met Pierre Curie,
student of chemistry. as enthusiastic as
herself They We're at once drawn to
each other and in time We're married.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
The English "Suffrasettes."

One remarkable fact connected with
the spectacular woman suffrage cam
paign in Great Britain is that it was
planned in the first place and has been
engineered throughout by a girl, Chris
label Pankhurst, pretty, wealthy and
accomplished. She has a baby face
and large, innocent gray eyes. Her
complexion is fair and pure. with rose
pink in her cheeks To look at her one
would think her the last person on
earth to arouse a political agitation
That is what she has done, however.
and she has raised such a row through
out the whole kingdom that undoubte.i-
ly British barristers wish heartily !.ry
had allowed her a certificate f. !';'.tt~
tce law when she applied f. pts!,.is-
sion two years ago.
MARCIA WILLIS C-l-. ELL.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
Wonlan's World
Women Who Indulge In the.
Blues-The Elessedness Of Silence.
The Genus Spinsier Not Limited
to the Female Sex :: :: ::

No woma9 has any business to have
man.
"Oh. suppose men are the only ones
who have the right to have troubles,'
observed the sad faced lady.
Not at all, not ut all.' answered the
first speaker. Women have men
skinned to death when it comes to the
trouble question. but the point is that
the lady with the blues seldom has any
real troubles.
SHOW me woman with sunny
disposition. and | will be willing to bet
you money she has more than one
heavy cross which she has learned the
secret of putting behind her. But the
woman who suffers from the blues
bah. She has indigestion or too easy
a life.
Il know woman who can't bear to
be alone ON rainy days. She tfattens
her nose against the damp pane and
weeps.
"Other women go out all day and
have good time, lunch at one house,
tea at another, more tea at third,
then home to dinner all tagged out and
their stomachs overloaded When their
husbands come in. they are enjoying a
nice case of the blues, during which
poor mamie is forced to listen to a
list of grievances.
"Then take the woman who shuts
herself up in the house all the time.
Can you be surprised if she is i con-
slant victim of the blues?
want. of exercise, want of fresh air.
want of interest in life-if these are
not enough to make one depressed
what is?
'"The minute theweather grows some
what, cold certain women stop going
out They fiatten themselves close to
the radiator and get their fancy work
out
'If l We're legislator l would make
the doing, of more than certain
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

of our bulk and only one-quarter of our
surface area. Savants say, however,
that practically all the surface of Mars
is land. As three-fourths of the earth's
surface is ocean, the Martians have
as much land as we have. Mars has
reached the correspondingly more ad-
vanced age than the earth This may be
aseribed to the fact that, being small
err, its molten mass cooled off more rap
idly. Then the waters, such as did
not evaporate, went to the poles of the
planet, where in the Marian winter
seasons they are visible to earthly as
tronomers in the form of>vast ice caps
and snow fields, elitteringly white.
Astronomers have observed that
these snow caps disappear during the
Marian summer seasons. What be-
comes of the water resulting from this
melting? Why. it is used for irrigation
purposes by the marvellous civil engi
neers of Mars, who were far advanced
in stupendous land reclamation prof.
ects long before the Carey act passed
congress. The theory is that the sur
face of Mars is largely desert, with
considerable GASES here and there, and
that the inhabitants occupy these GASES
andsmake the land cultivable by bring
ing the melted ice and snow from the
poles through immense canals. Thus
both the north pole and the south pole
problems are definitely solved on Mars.
with no further need for Pearys or
Wellmans.
1t is conceded by astronomers that
Mars is much chillier planet than the
earth. Some hold that it is too cold for
life to exist and they ask what be-
comes of the inhabitants in winter.
This is still a problem, though some
scientists point out that Information, as
praetieed by bears and Russian peas
ants on this globe, may preserve the
Martians through their long winter
freeze up. In this event living eX
penses on Mars must be reduced to
minimum, but it must be hard picking
for the theatrical managers unless they
confne themselves to summer stock
companies and roof gardens.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
Women WhoDo
The First Woman Professor In the
Famous Sorbonne University at
Paris Mime. Curie as She APP
pears When Lecturing :: :: ::

A slender. youthful woman in deep
mourning, her fair hair swept plainly
back from remarkably broad. high
full brow, her head seemingly almost
too large for the slim neck that car
ried it. her manner so simple, so uu-
conscious and sincere that it was child.
like-such was the appearance of Nine.
Curie as she stood in a class room de-
livering the first lecture ever given by
woman professor to the students Of
the University Of Paris, 1t was an
event which should make women all
over the world rejoice and take cour-
age. because at last the earnest, de-
voted scientific work of one of their
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

after graduating from the Utica Free
academy entered Yale in the class of
'76. During his vacations he studied
law in the Office of the late United
States Senator Francis Herman and
also in the office of the late Governor
HoratiO Seymour. He left the academ-
ic department of Yale in his junior
year and entered the law school, from
which he graduated in 1876. He prac-
ueed for two years in the east and then
removed to California, which has been
bis home for nearly thirty years. 1t
was in California that he married his
wife, who was Miss E. Corinne Mich
olson. He was serving his third term
in congress when invited into the cab
met rs secretary of commerce and la
Dor and had made record as a mem
Der of the committee on naval affairs
When Charles j. Bonaparte became
attorney general he was promoted to
his place at the head of the navy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
Silence Is Golden.

Schopenhauer says that higher ma
lures cannot bear noises, while people
of coarse mold display an Indifference
to medleys of sound. which is a sure
indication of their unprotected state.
/ think he is right so far as women
are concerned. >
The woman with shrill voice and
the woman who will associate with
shriIl voices-well, we all know her
She wears loud gowns and lives in a
cheap, f1ashy way.
Oh, blessed yelyety silence. Pity
more of the feminine sex don't appreci-
ate you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

amount of fancy work a week Il Grim
inal offense. Certainly nothing tires a
woman out more.
what women with tendencies to-
ward the blues need is fresh air. If
they stay in the house Of their own
will. they have only themselves to
thank for finding the world dolefui
place. Ii they work in combining sit
uations. they should change the char
acter of their labor
Horseback riding. golf. skating, long
walks--these all tend to make woman
bright. happy and able to meet with a
laugh whatever fortune deals out to
her"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
MOHAMMED ALI MIRA.
The Prozressfve Crown Prince of
Persia.

The Proxressfve Crown Prince Of
Persia.
Mohammed Ali Mira, who succeeds
to the throne of Persia on the death of
the shah, is a young man of progress
i've ideas for one belonging to oriental
royalty. AS heir apparent he has en-
joyed considerable power as governor
general of Azerbaijan. 1t is an IN
written law of the Persians that the
valiahd Tor heir APPARENT shall be gov
ernor of this province and reside at
Tabriz. Mohammed Ali was born in
1872 and is the son of princess dis
family related to his father. Persian
monarchs have numerous wives. but
the successor TO the throne must be
the son of a legitimate wife of royal
blood. The prince was educated under
the supervision of European tutors, ac-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

NH of high repute has come for
ward with the unqualified dec
laration that the planet Mars
is inhabited by intelligent beings. This
declaration has been made by Profess
or Percival Lowell. eminent astrono-
mer, who has spent a dozen years
chiefly in the study of Mars. Professor
Lowell believes that Mars Is the home
of a race of beings even more acutely
intelligent than ourselves, since, &C
cording to his discoveries, the Martans
have constructed at least 43i canals.
each of which would make the Pana-
ma canal look like mere gas pipe
trench 1t is the canals Oh the surface
of Mars that have given earth dwell
ing humans their most plausible clew
to the existence of living. thinking and
working beings on the planet.
The astronomer Schiaparelli first dis
covered the Marian canals in 1867.
He pointed out that the peculiar
streakS on the planet. visible through
the telescope, are not merely natural
markings, Dul are dIlllltldI cAtttN
tons filled with water The symmetry
of these streaks. their extreme length
and the fact that they follow usually
the imaginary great circles around the
planet give weight TO the theory of
their artificial construction. but there
is more scientific evidence in its support.
Astronomers have discovered that
Mars possesses air and water, the two
primary essentials of animate exist
ence. This discovery does not imply
necessarily that animal life exists
there We must look for some actually
visible evidences of organic life and
intelligence Man is known by his
works. Martians must be known to us
by their works if at ALL According to
Professor Lowell. the canal works on
Mars must be accepted as conclusive
evidence of intelligent life.
Mars is much smaller than the earth.
The planet has only about one-seventb
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
VICTOR n. METCALF.
Cabinet Member Who Made the Re-
port on the japanese.

Victor Howard Metcalf. the new
secretary of the navy. whose report on
the Japanese situation in San Fran
cisco was made the basis of the presi-
dents special message to congress on
the subject, was a California congress
man before he became member of
the cabinet. He was selected for the
task of preparing a report on the treat
ment accorded subjects of the mikado
in San Francisco on account of his ia
miliarity with the local conditions.
Secretary Metcalf was born fifty
three years ago at Utica. n. Y. and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

is one OF lHe
unique institutions of the Roosevelt
administration. 1t Is an outcome Of the
fact that the president likes to handle
not only the big stick" but the tennis
racket, the boxing gloves, the rein of
a saddle horse and various other things
that pertain to strenuous activity.
There have been Kitchen cabinets"
in times gone by in this and other
lands which exercised considerable in
f1uence in affairs of state, but tennis
cabinet is something quite novel. There
is no opprobrium in belonging to ten
mis- cabinet, as there might be in being
member of kitchen cabinet There
is no smell of pots and kettles or at
mosphere of murky craftsmanship
about the active, strong limbed. clear
headed men who form this cabinet.
In President Cleveland's time there
was no White House tennis court Mr.
Cleveland has always been fond of out
NoQr life. but not of that kind of exer-
et,o5 Mr.. Mckinley took little exer-
clwfput that of walking. Tennis play
ina as a White House sport dates only
fan the incoming of the Roosevelts
81 4e Is now fine court on the
gNSinds of the executive mansion,
scre9aed by high wire fence from the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
The Presidents
Tennis Cabinet
James R. Garfield. Herbert Knox Smith,
Clifford PIehot. Lawrence 0. Murray
/ and Afford ". Cooley, Who
Play on the White House
Courts.

FTHE tennis
L cabinet is
an institu-
ton which does
not figure in Of
fetal comlnuli-
cations to con
gress. There are
no salaries at
tached to mem-
bership in it, and
pictures of il do
not form part Of
the art gallery of
every well regu-
lated household
in the ] a n q.
Changes in 1t do
not cause the
newspapers to set
up big headlines,
and PIP 0 Il t.
ments to it do
not require con-
frmation by the
senate. Neverthe-
less it exists and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

the name byHERBERT KNOX SMITH.
which it now goes. One of the best
known members of the tennis cabinet
is James r. Garfield. son of the martyr
president and recently nominated as
secretary of the interior to succeed
Ethan Allen Hitchcock When MI
Hitchcock retires, Mr. Garfield in va
eating his present post of commission
er of corporations will be succeeded
in it by Herbert Knox Smith, the pres
.ent deputy commissioner. He is an
*her who belongs to the tennis cab
Mt The president likes both these
members of his trust spotting" de-
partment. The future commissioner of
corporations is sometimes known as
knocks Myth" but that there is moth
ing mythical about the way he plays
the game of hunting trusts Standard
Oil officials can bear witness
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the forest
service. is leading member of this
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

gaze of the curl
oA The tennis
inetcameinto
existence quite
naturally as a
result of the
fact that some
of Mr., Roose-
velt's younger
official associ-
ates We're fond
of the game. He
pla yed tennis
with them just
as he has boxed
! with some or rid
den horseback
with others, and
gradually GER
tain ones came
to be recognized
as members of
the coterie. and
In due time some
bright newspa-
per man gave it
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
Neighbor Mars
Is Inhabited
So Astronomer PerciyaI lowell Says. and
They Beat Us as Canal Builders.
Panama Mere Gas Pipe
Trench Beside
Theirs.

Va VOW for the first time a scientist
M of high repute has come for
" ward with the unqualified dec
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

her own sex that she never employed
man in any professional or industrial
capacity il she could get woman to
perform the service she wanted. She
never gave an item to a man reporter
II she could find woman reporter.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-30

will mail you nee, 10 prove merit,
samples of my DR.. Shops Restorative
and my Book on either Dyspepsia, the
Heart, or the Kidneys. Troubles Of
the Stomach, Heart or Kidneys, are
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ment. Don't make the common error
Of treating symptoms only. Symptoms
treatment Is treating the result Of
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Stomach nerves-the inside nerves
mean Stomach weakness, always. And
the Heart, and Kidneys as well, have
their controlling or inside nerves.
Weaken these nerves and you ineyita.
bly, have weak vital organs. Here IS
where Dr.. Shops Restorative has
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Also for bloating, billiousnesss bad
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Restorative Write me to-day for sam;
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-30
sMAs4Es ARMoR PLATE.
Government Experimenting With Mys'
terlous New Explosive.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 80. =
Army and navy ordinance officers are
making a mystery of their trip to San,
dy Hook, where last Friday they made
a trial of new explosive, closely ~
lated chemically to shimose, the ex'
plosive the Japanese used in their
shells during the war with Russia.
They tried 1t on a piece Of II inch
armor plate made at the carnes'
plant. What it did to the plate the
officers are not telling.
1t is said that the explosive tore
the plate to pieces and that is the rea'
son why the officers who conducted
the experiment are refusing to say
anything about the result. When a
new explosive fails to make a showing
the facts are not withheld.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-30
GUATEMALA KEEPS
ON WAR FOOTING
TROOPS STATIONED ALL ALONG
THE FRoNTIER-HARD MAT.
TER TO GET IN AND
OUT.

MOBILE, Ala, July 3O.-H. G. Hig-
ginsbo.ham, mining engineer, Of
Chicago, who Is on his way home, aft.
er visit to Mexico and Guatemala
says that conditions are still greatly
unsettled in the latter republic, and
even foreigners are greatly inconveni.
enced in their travels.
"All along the Gautemalan frontier
troops are Stationed" he said, "and
anyone entering the country from
Mexico is rigidly examined. Even
after crossing the frontier l was fire.
quently stopped by troops and MY
passport examined. There is equally
as much trouble in leaving the coun.
try. Hundreds Of people are waiting
for passports, for no one is allowed
to leave without them.
IAN American or European is not
bothered as much as people from the
Spanish countries, but the latter are
always suspected Of some revolution
airy movement and their identity has
to be pretty clearly established before
they are allowed to move about with
anything like freedom.
at is true that from our stand
point the government is taking strong
and even arbitrary and despotic
measures, but under the circumstances
there is no other way OF handling the
situation. 1t is unfortunate, howeve-
that so many innocent people have 70
snffer for the misdeeds of unsuccess.
full reyoIutionists.
"The progress of the country has
been set back several years; all the
industries are at a standstill with the
exception of the business Of soldier.
ing. Foreign enterprises, though, are
going on as usual and the work on the
Gautemalan railroad, a long part OF
which is being done by foreign labor
is progressing nicely"
Mr.. HigginbOtham says that Mexico
is booming along in as great shape as
ever and new outside capital is stead
lily seeking Investment there.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-30
SMALL GIRL
SHOT IN PLAY
BULLET PIERCED BOTH LUNGS
AND STOMACH AND HER CON-
n DlTloN IS CRITICAL.

WHEELING. July 3O.-While group
of children were playing about the
home of John Eskey, at sherrard, a
young son Of Mr.. Eskey shot one Of
their playmates and a cousin from
Pittsburg, through the lungs. The
little girl is a daughter Of Willard 'Es'
key, of Pittsburg, and a niece of Dr.
Leonard Eskey, of the South Side. The
boy, as soon as he saw what he had
done gathered the girl up in his arms
after throwing his gun away, and ran
into the house with her. Laying her
on a couch he cried "she has been
shot" and then dashed from the house
and hid. He was found next day by
the father, a mile from the house in
the woods,almost Frustrated, and II
was with difficulty he was induced ia
come to his home.
In the meantime DR.. Eskey and DR.
Cox, the latter of Sherrard, were call
ed and did all. they could for the in.
jured girl. Examination showed that
bullets had pierced both lungs and the
stomach. The child was brought tr
the home of DR.. Eskey in this city
where she is being cared for. Hel
condition is very critical and somt
doubt is expressed as to whether OF
not she will recover.
The little girl had just arrived al
the farm Of her uncle, John Eskey, wnt
is well known in this city, but few
days before the accident occurred and
had been taken there with the idea d
spending the summer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-30
BRIDE AFTER
Her HUSBAND
MRS. SUTTON skEp ST hei
ARM or 10 HUNT UP
Herr SETTER HALE.

WHEELING July sO-Mrs. Arthur AZ ~,
Burton, q anegress newly:wed, wants
her husband very badly. AT least that hat
is what She tells Justice R. g. Hobbs
before whom her husband was aTaign'
ed at Z o'clock p. m. Monday to an;
swer to a charge Of non.support.
Burton was arrested at midnight
Saturday by Patrol Driver Fullerton,
NASSAU Arthur, with two dusky dams
sells, travelling grips. in hand, were
vending their way to the railroad
depot, when the bunch were arrested
on complaint of Mrs. Burton who al
legged that her husband was about to
desert her. There being no charge
against them, the two women were
let go, but Artie is still in jail, pend.
ing trial.
"An', Oh, Mr.. Squire, I'm so glad"
began Mrs. Burton, boiling into Jus:
tice Hobbs ONCE Monday morning.
whats you think? Them two win.
minis is done skipped out nv town
Amt we glad, though, squire? And
say, squire, one Nv my witnesses what
works in the hose house down heah
(pointing down towards the Atlantic
hose house,, wants to know if you
could get the trial fur ! o'clock as he
has to be at work at hat past 4"
The justice informed the radiant.
faced dark-hued, buxum wife that It
would be just as she wished, and say
maybe She did not thank Justice
Hobbs some!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-30

MISS BESSIE RsERT TtiRoNIE
FROM 3A HORSE AND sERl.
ousLY 5lNJuREp.

cLARKsBURG July SO.-Aiiss Bes-
sieEHsrbert lies IN d critical condition
at her home in Iumberport as a result
Of injuries sustained by being thrown
from a horse!
Miss Harbert Is the daughter Of g
N. Harbert residing about mile
from Lumberport and on Sunday at;
ernoon was riding down town when
near the Baptist church the horse
became frightened, rearing and run
ming at such a,speed that it was i'm
possible for the young lady to stay
in the saddle and she was thrown
with great force from the animal
striking on her head and shoulders
on a fence nearby, which rendered
her unconscious Friends seeing the
animal running rushed to the young
lady's rescue, but it was too late. She
was picked up and It was thought for
some time that she was dead, but up,
on discovering that life was not ex-
tinct, a physician was Immediately
called and rendered all possible relief
to the suffering girl.
Miss Harbert was unconscious all
night. Later word from the home is
to the effect that she has partially re-
gained consciousness and some hopes
are entertained for her recovery.
The victim Of the accident is a
very popular young lady and her many
friends regret TO hear that she was SO
unfortunate.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-30
CATCHER. GETS
ARM |. BROKEN R Q! { n
coNNELLsvILEE PLAYER MET
WITH SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT
KENYON HOTEL.

Catcher Tate, of the connellsville
team, Of the western Pennsylvania
League, and who held down the catch
er's position in yesterdays game at
South Side Park sustained broken
arm last night at two o'clock by being
thrown by one of his comrades in a
wrestling match. The accident &C.
Cured at the Kenyon Hotel where. the
team was stopping. Tate's ball play.
ing for this season Is ended. DR.. c. O.
Henry was called and rendered the
necessary surgical aid.