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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

slight scientific distinction and no
wealth. In Paris she lived again her
Warsaw experience and sooE absorbed
everything Curie could teach her she
was unable to get a salaried position
80, to- combine their resources for sci
enfific research, they decided to marry.
In 1896 Henri Beequerel accidentally
discovered the emanation of light from
uranium, and this started Nine. Curie's
intuition When she was first shown
4 BIT Of uranium from Bohemian pitch
blende she jumped to the conclusion
that there were other substances in the
compound which could better account
for these emanations. Her analysis
proved correct
First they isolated polonium, so call
cd because Of Nine. Curie's native
land and having the iridescent quail
ties Of uranium Next appeared actin
aum and finally radium.
But the public interest was not
aroused and even the CURES were not
wildly excited over their discovery Of
the element that takes the world back
to Newton's corpuseular theory Of
light, this metal with the incompre-
hensible radiations which burn foreve
and vet are not fire, which possess
wonderful medicinal qualities and yet
are poison to the flesh.
Then 1t was discovered that radium
had the power Of the Roentgen or x
rays, that It was the most certain fest
for diamonds, and the world began to
sit up. Professor Curie was asked to
lecture before the Sorbonne, and then
the honors came fast The Royal So
ciety Of Great Britain presented the
curies with medals In 1905 They re-
eeived the Nobel prize, and Professor
Curie was given chair in the sor-
aonne
A year later Curie was killed, and
his wife was unanimously elected to
succeed him 1T the Sorbonne. Il prec-
edent in itself. She accepted quietly
and thousands gathered to hear her
FIRST lecture
Though she has revolutionized the
scientific theories of the world. the
French Academy of Sciences could not
nee It's way to honor her By member
chip because she IS woman.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

SEAT or ANToINIsT CULT In BELGIUM
The seat of the religion is at Temeppe.
lez-Liege, and the temple Is hidden IN
an obscure block Of houses, the only
differences being that Antoine's COM
bination church and residence has a
spire.
Antoine has made his reputation as
healer. aud his methods are as pc
euliar as the life be leads. In APP
pearanee he looks the part, having
long, flowing white hair and beard.
He has not left his home for three
years and spends most of his time in
his garden. which ii hung with cleo
tric lights. The healer has not spoken
q word to any one for six months.
The public services, held four times
q week, consist Of little more than
silence. The congregation sits In
quiet for an hour, and then the healer
appears In a black robe. lifts one hand
toward the congregation and walks
ont. The chief adept then says,
Every one whose faith Is strong
enough must De cured. and the serv-
Ice Il at an end.
No col ections are made, but subscrip-
lions are taIEen. Antoine himself built
the church With a legacy Of $4,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

HOUSE WITH FLOATING UPPER STORY
annually Mr.. Sheridan hoists anchor
and floats to safety. But the era of
progress arrived, and he began rails
ing chickens, which do not like floods.
Likewise they are not regarded as
household necessities by Sheridan. So
to play the game at both ends he de-
cided to forsake a perpetual life on
the ocean wave, netaphorically speak
ing, and constructed stone one story
abode, on which the houseboat fits
snugly as a second floor.
'sYou see" explains Sheridan, when
the waters come can move the chick
ems and everything else into the up
per floor and float off. When the
flood goes down I'll paddle around and
let her settle back on the foundation !"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

think the American public school sys-
tenn is unequaled the assertion that
kindergartening here is lamentably be-
hind many other countries of the world
will come as surprise Yet Europe
has seen the light and educated the
little children for years.
For instance, the Oldest kindergar-
tens, such as are now known in Amer
lea. date back to 1850 in Italy During
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

whistling girls
and growing hens
always come 10
some bad ends. .
is unjustifed by
deepest research.
Why2 Because II
is good for the
lungs.
1t is said that
whistling b 0 y $
are seldom trout
bled with bron-
ehitis or pneu-
monla, t h o u 6 b
t b ir unwilling
au ditors may
: l. a m q 4. II q 8
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

ANNA MILAN SftlLb. In nine cities
Pennsylvania.
In ten cities California.
In twelve cities-Iowa
In thirteen cities-1ndiana and Ohio.
In twenty-six cities-M Massachusetts,
In tf1irty-one cities-W Wisconsin.
In thirty-four citiesAM Michigan.
In thirty five clties-New Jersey
In hfty-seven cities New York.
AS many of Americas best workmen
come from abroad number Of the big
manufacturing concerns are. awaken
ing to the possible economic value of
kindergarten work aud supporting kin
dergaftens for the benefit of their EN-,
ployees' children Such concerns are
found in the south, New England md
the far west, which is Indicative Ct the
spread Of the movement.
The National Association For the
Promotion of Kindergarten Education
has its headquarters at Madison ave
nue., and It's list of directors includes
such well known names as Mrs. John
D. ArehboId, Herbert e. Gunnison.
Horace Fletcher, Edgar L. Marston,
Mrs. Levi P. Morton, Miss Agatha
Schurz. John Greenough, George w.
Perkins, Mrs. Henry Phipas, Henry
A. Wise, Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey
and Mrs. George Grout Mason.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

ahe discoverer of radium has made her
name better known to the world than
any ten of the men who refused to
give her what is regarded as the crown
ing scientific honor in France, she fail
ed 30 receive 1t because woman had
never been admitted to that circle.
So Nine. Curie continues her placid
way. first attending to her two father
less children and then her scientific re-
search. The prestige of the academv
Is great, but the prestige Of the wom-
an whose discoveries evolved the whole
science of radio activity, which threat
ems to overturn all previous theories, is
accounted infinitely greater.
Nine. Curie is Polish by birth, and
she gained her knowledge of chemistry
from her father. a poorly paid profess
sor Of physics in a college at Warsaw.
So rapid was her. progress and so accu-
rate her analysis that it has been call
ed almost intuition. so she was sent
TO Paris and studied under Professor
Pierre Curie. a middle aged man Of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

ied TO a novel pof-
trait. which he
has presented to
the officers con
valescent h o nj e
near Wiesbaden.
The last au-
tunn maneuvers
We're responsible.
While the mon
arch was inspect
ing the Kitchens
of the first regi.
nanfs of8hp Guard
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
SILENT ONE RELIGIOUS HEAD.

Father Antoine Has 10000 Followers
In Belgium.
Belgium has new religion. Antoi-
nism, aud so strong has # become in a
few years that 100000 signatures were
found on recent petition to the ma
tional chamber for its recognition
among the religious bodies Of the king
dom.
The head of this cult is an examiner
named Antoine, called by his followers
the parent one" or the good father
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

had q few kinder A JAP KINDERGAR-
gartens for more TEN CHILD
than twenty-five years.
Japan was introduced to the kinder
garten In 1876 at Tokyo. Now each
Of its provinces has one or more.
And the United States well, it is
figured that there are 100000 chill
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

opened in 1868, and
in 1872 the kinder.
garten became a
recognized part Of
the educational sys-
TEN.
Switzerland's first
kindergarten was
opened in Zurich in
1872, and that city
now has fifty one
public kindergar-
tens containing
1900 children.
Even Russia has
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

he ordered a soldier TO fill a bowl with
the soup about to be served the men
for his royal approval. The kaiser
took q big molithful Of the piping hot
soup and then made a wry face, rails
ing his hands and exciaiming in the
broadest Berlin dialect:
i've sealded my mug again, con
found it!''
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05


adornment, and his tribute to the Ger
man emperor is somewhat shadowy as
yet.
OF more interest to his subjects Is
the announcement that the king win
soon publish a volume of religious po-
etry on which he has been busy for
some months. This is a matter of de.
light to literary critics who write for
republican papers. In addition to, the
mustache,s Alfonso has wed with the
kaiser in composing marches, but with
out causing any outbursts Of enthusi-
as1n. The critics anticipate the same
fate for his poems.
Alfonso's fits of musical genius cake
the form of ordering some piantst to
listen while he huns jagged airs which
must he set to music and male to re-
Bemble the work OF professional com
poser.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

the furnishing of
competent speak.
eRs and instruc
tive literature Ii
is endeavoring to
arouse such inter-
est in this subject
t h a t kindergar-
tens may be es-
tablished in the
p u bile schools
throughout ur
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

pect of new champion crossing the
horizon of the kings, castles, rocks and
pawns.
The subject of this interest is jose
r. Capablanca, Cuban chess master
and holder of the worlds record for
simultaneous play. In this tournament
he will meet the greatest opponents OF
the game and will for the first time
cross swords and match brains with
Dr. Emanuel Lasker, generally reeog-
nized as the king of the game.
Capablanca is but twenty-five years
of age, but learned the game at FIVE,
having acquired the moves from Witch
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
. KINDERGARTEN.

t b e institutions
upon which the
FLU ture of the
worlds civiIiza-
ton rests, in the
e tim a ton of
many scholars
are just begin
ming to impress
their Importance
ON the hurried
business brain of
the United States.
n1 4a. ,I.o
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
DUMMY USED IN PICKING SITE.

King George Adopts Novel Method
With Fathers Memori-.l.
King George of England recently
adopted an ingenious method in COM
pairing the suitability of different sites
for the proposed memorial statue of
his father, the late Edward VII
1t had been decided to erect the
statue in Green park, in London. SO
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
UPPER STORY WILL FLOAT.
Kansas City squatter immune to
Floods In River.

Kansas StLJ S11SAlSt tu'''sS'S -
Floods In River.
Kansas City boasts of a house that
resembles the historic ark in many
respects, for it will float, But it is
also an improvement, for it has its
own foundation and needs no Ararat
upon which to rest when the floods
subsideg
The owner and inventor, Andrew
Jackson Sheridan, lives in a house
boat at the mouth of the Kaw river,
near the Kansas City stockyard dis
triet. and when that stream rampages
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

GINA, tennessee.
Wa S hington and
Nevada.
IN three cities
colorado. Georgia,
louisiana. Missou-
ri, Oklahoma and
Texas.
In four cities
Illinois. Kansas,
New Ham ps hir 9
and Rhode Island.
In five cities
Florida.
/ In six cities-Ne-
braska and Mon
tana.
In seven cities
Maine.
In eight cities
Connecticut.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

early training on its future develop
ment, for children are the tomorrow
Of society,"
Although many states have passed
permissive kindergarten laws, but one
state, Utah, has made this training
compulsory A few of the latest fig
ures obtainable show how deficient
America is on the kindergarten ques-
ton. The roster of states having pub
lie school kindergartens and their ex-
tent is as follows:
In one District of Columbia, Mary
land. North Carolina. South Carolina and
South Dakota.
lucky. Mississippi. Utah. Vermont yir-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

19o7-8 Italy had 1876 kindergartens
containing 843,563 children This may
be one reason why very ordinary ital-
ians often have much skill of hand
and sense of beauty.
In 1905 Belgium had 49, 34 children
between three and six years of age, of
whom more than one-half were in
kindergartens
The first Austrian kindergarten was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

Kaiser Irmortalizes Burned Mouth.
Probably every man has burned his
mouth with hot soup at some stage
Of his career, but none has seen fit
to immortalize his discontinue and
agony until Kaiser Wilhelm Of Ger
many appeared The kaiser's .fondness
for joke, even though on himself. has
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
MAORI DANCES ON JADE ROCK.
Remarkable Bit of statuary Exhibited
In New York.

~ NEW forks
A statue of great anthropological as
well as intrinsic value has recently
been placed on exhibition at the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History, in
New York city. 1t is dancing Maori
preparing for battle, and the pose is Wig
orous1y lifelike, according to critics.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
of the exhibit. however, is the pedestal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

offices in New York it is carrying on a
vigorous campaign of publicity. BY
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

accessory adjuncts as the prope meth
ID Of Sitting screams b. adept manip.
ulatlon of rattles, dolls, tops etc. viii
also be treated of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
WhistIina Now a Cure.

And now science has discovered that
it is mistake to stop shrill whistling
by boys. Likewise the old adage that
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
Young Cuban
AWes Chess
Playing World

HESS to several mil
lions, perhaps, of
this worlds popula-
tion Is several
points more impor-
tant than breakfast
or dinner. To some
it is a pastime, to
others a profession.
But all are awaiting
with impotence the
result of the grand
international tour
nament to be held
at San Sebastian,
Spain, in February,
for there is a pros
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

Baby Schools For Fathers.
To correct the ignorance of infants
prevalent among fathers ID general
the Boston Millz ana Baby Hggiene lis.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

9 DaNUINU MAUhI WITH jade FEDEsTAL. :
upon which the Maori warrior dances.
This is the largest block of Jade in the
world. 1t is almost a bowlder in size
and shape and weighs 1000 pounds. It
is valued at 5000 and was d gift If
j. Pierpont Morgan, who obtained it
from the coast of West ireland, New
Zealand
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
! Jealous Men
! Refuse Woman
Academy Honor

.E French Acade-
my of Sciences
has decided not to
admit Mime. sklo-
dowska Curie to
membership, and
the least concern
ed over the mat
ter is Nine. Gu
RE. Though her
scientific fame as
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05
INITIATES KAlSER's UPTWlsT.

Ming AETohSo IFaIHs WUstaCHe SKY
ward and Writes Poetry.
The king of Spain has now begun to
train his youthful mustache to re
semble that Of Kaiser Wilhelm, with
the tips pointed skyward Alfonso's,
however, lacks the vigorous growth
characteristic of the Hohenzollern
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

dren Of kindergarten age In this conn
try who are without suitable educa-
tional facilities. It is to improve this
condition tIAit the National Associa.
ton For the promotion Of Kindergarten
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-05

DUMMY STATUE OF EDWARD VII. Usrp IL
SELECTING SITE FOR PERMANENT MR.
MORTAL
a fiat wooden dummy representing an
equestrian statue on a pedestal -,
placed on c wagon and moved from
one spot to another in the park.
Meanw bile the king sat In d window
at buckingham palace and was en-
abled to form a good idea of the COM
paratiye advantages of various sites
in comfort and without publicity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-17
TUESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1911
tee should honor school Improvement

tee should honor school Improvement
day with his presence.
We hope every teacher in York
county will be here foT the Teachers
association on Saturday. The Home
institute. which has been held at Win
throp college every fall for the past
three years, will hold its session on
this day also. All farmers and their
wives are invited to attend, also the
boys and girls of the county who are
interested in the corn clubs and the
Boys and Girls club of the county.
The programme for this day is full
of interest. AS is we'll Known, agri-
culture is a required subject in our
schools now. Many teachers have a
very limited knowledge of this branch
of study They will enjoy the prac-
.tical suggestions for school room
work along this line.
Recently the state department of
education has issued handbook
prepared by Mr.. w. K. Tate, our state
supervisor of elementary rural
schools. 1t will be of untold value to
the teachers of our state. All, except
those connected with city schools, are
required to use it. Supt. Lucas Gun
ter of the Rock Hill city chools, will
make a talk on its use, and we shall
have a number of these books for
distribution. Mr. Kern will lecture
again on Saturday
Among Country Schools" a book
written by Mr.. Kern few years ago,
is one of the most widely read books
bearing on the subject of rural
schools and rural life. He has prob
ably done more than any man in the
United States toward securing as
good educational advantages for the
boys and girls of rural sections as
those enjoyed by the boys and girls
of our towns and cities. 1t Is not
only instructive, but it is an inspira-
ton to hear him lecture and to see
his beautiful pictures. His work for
the week has been so arranged that
he will go into the northern, south
ern, eastern and western sections OF
our county to lecture. Let everyone
avail himself of this opportunity to
hear Mr.. Kern.
Note the following itinerary: Less
lie, 2:3O Monday afternoon, October
%: Fort Mill graded school, s o'clock
Monday night; Glover. 8 o'clock Tues
day afternoon. October "a; Yorkville,
Tuesday night: Bullock's Creek. 2:3O
Wednesday afternoon, October %;
Hickory Grove Wednesday night.
Leila A. Russell,
County Supervisor Of Rural Schools.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-17
Why He Came Back

It Is a well-known fact
among life insurance workers that
practically every company In business
pays larger commissions to agents
than does the Mutual Benefit, and for
this reason 1t occasionally happens
that a man who has been with the Mu-
tual Benefit for several years Is induc-
ed to sever his connection with II and
undertake to represent another COM
pany, but 1t rarely happens that he
fails to come back because he soon
realizes that the saying that Is COM
mon among agents of all companies,
except the Mutual Benefit, that "ali
companies are about the same" Is
false and that no man who knows the
past record of the Mutual Benefit, as
compared with all other companies
and is familiar with its policy con-
tracts, as compared with all other
companies, Can look seeker after the
best in life insurance in the eye and
tell him that he knows that he 10 Offer
ing IL to him, unless he Is representing
the Mutual Benefit, and as result
those who are honest with themselves
those who recently came back Is Mr.
R. A. Tarissig of Philadelphia, Pa, and
in explaining why, he says:
My life insurance experience prac-
tically began with the Mutual Benefit,
and I am sure that any man, with a
heart in the right place, and a mind
that is able to read and understand,
and is willing to give life insurance
the study he should, will find 1t impos-
sible to sell life insurance for any 9TH
er company with the same confidence
and assurance that he has in selling
policy for the Mutual Benefit. After
severing my connection with the COM
pany several years ago, never felt
at home, and never had the same con-
fidence in selling insurance, and there
fore redoiced when renewed my as
sociation with this great company, and
never expect again to sell life insur-
ance for any other. have come back
to stay"
SAM M. GRIsT, Special Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-17
A MATTER OF DUTY.

Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer:
I'm not a chronic kicker state
facts. 1 was at the Southern depot on
the night of October 10th, 1911. The
eastbound train was reported an hour
late-delayed, II was reported by the
engine Of No. So breaking down some
where this side of Blacksburg. Tick
cts were sold to number Of passen-
gers, among whom was very old
lady, Sc years of age, very frail and
very deaf. Now no one could be held
responsible for a wrecked or delayed
train. Such things occur every. day
and are unavoidable. What am l
driving at? Only this: On the night
of October 18th l was at the Southern
depot The eastbound train, No. ia
was reported an hour late. About 10
o'clock the agent in charge q don't
know his name), closed his office and
walked off, presumably to home and
to bed. The train crawled in few
minutes before II o'clock. Well, what
about it? Only this: Is 1t the proper
thing to do, and is it courteous, is it
fair-is II just to the public-the pa
irons of the road, for one of their
agents, sitting in front of a telegraph
instrument to report a train one hour
late, when, in fact, 1t Is three hours
late, and then walk off and leave them
in doubt and uncertainty? Had the
agent given the passengers present the
facts as near as possible, 1 think each
and all would have gone off and gone
to bed as he did. Take the old lady
already mentioned. She came to York
willie in the morning. Went over the
c. & NV. railroad to Gastonia, N. c.,
returned at night and was trying to
return via the Southern. An old lady
a feeble old lady, an excellent old lady,
the widow of a Confederate soldier,
her little strength well nigh exhaust
ed, compelled to sit for three mortal
hours, in anxiety and suspense, when
she could and would have gone up
town and gone to bed Cike the agenO
and secured a much needed rest Is
my protest unreasonable? And did the
agent do his duty?
w. S. Gordon.
Yorkville, S. c., October II, 1911.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-17
. FOR SALE =

so Acres-More or less, joins Marion
B. Love, John Bolin and others; eight
acres in cultivation, balance in timber.
Price, $500 per Acre.
A beautiful lot and residence Of Mrs.
Ada E. Faulconer. On East Liberty
street, 100 feet front, about 400 feet
deep; joins Rev.. E. q. Gillespie and
Hon. G. w. S. Hart. Price on Appli-
cation.
House and Lot-In the town of
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one story, rooms. Price, $1,600.
1870 Acres-24 acres bottom land; l
dwelling house, 1-2 story, rooms !;
fine barn; tenant house. Price, S11
an Acre.
100 Acres-Joins lands of Mrs. Matt
tie Nichols, A. H. Jackson, R. A. Brat
ton and others; house.. story. 4
rooms; 100 acres under cultivation; !;
40 or so acres in timber; land is lit
tie rolling, but very productive,
Price, $21.00 an Acre.
]. c. WILBORN.
YorLSville, s. c.