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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-21
THE LESCHE CLUB.

"The Lesche Club" of Natchitoches
has sent out its announcement, an ar
tistic booklet with cover of cream pa
per fastened with green corn. "The
Lesche" is one of the Oldest clubs in
the State and one of the best. Its mem
bership comprises brainy women whose
influence in the community is marked.
English history in Shakespeare plays
is the line of study for the year. Other
subjects that will engage the interest of
the club members are music, village
and Improvements. The officers are:
President, Miss Roberta Newell; vice
president, Mrs. D. C. Scarborough ;
secretary, Mrs. List; treasurer, Mrs.
Lizzie McVoy; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Winstead; librarian, Miss Hy-
ANS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-21

The annual Thanksgiving dinner
given by the citizens of Shreveport I'M
der the auspices of the w. c, T. U. to
the inmates of the Charity Hospital,
will take place on Friday, November 26.
All friends are asked to contribute.
Committees to be named later.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-21

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SHRFVEPORT MARKET.
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Receipts Io2 bales.
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Attest
F. A. LEONARD.

Clerk and ex-Oficio Recorder
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
| hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appears
on file and of record in my office. Given
under my hand and seal of office this
18TH day of November 1909.
F. A. LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Oficio Recorder
November Fl.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-21

The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dol
lars ($5o,ooooo), divided into FIVE hun
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

TO the game naturally. In 1853 the bril-
liant young lawyer was elected TO the
state legislature, where he was one Of the
most active OF the small majority by
whose votes Texas seeded from the union
at the outbreak OF the civil war. During
the fighting years that followed. the leg
islature knew him no more; he was in
the field from the beginning 10 the end.
nearly always as a cavalryman. He was
no carpet knight and took part in all the
fortunes and misfortunes OF war, and
finally elevated to the rank of brigadier-
general.
AS one OF the bravest soldiers Texas
gave to the confederacy, his friends were
not slow TO honor him. In 1873 they sent
him to congress and continued 70 r~e-elect
him year after year until in 1892 he went
TO the senate. where he served untn 1893,
when he retired to the practice OF the
law in Corsicana. During his legislative
career he was one Of the party's strongest
champions in the tariff fights that fol-
lowed the civil war and were so material
in the economic rehabilitation Of the coun-
try. Although he is now nearing the octo-
genarian mark he is today one OF the active
and earnest men who are serving Texas
in q thousand ethical and material ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
Blue store Signs.

The putting on Of mourning has not beer
confined to the people. Many things ma
terial, ordinarily red and gold, have been
covered with blue or white. At the rail-
road stations the baggage carts had blue
paper pasted over them; the trolley cars
of Tien-Tsin have used white flags instead
OF red, and for a time they had white
cloths over the red signs on their sides.
For 100 days after the emperor died every
policeman in China wore a wide white
band around his left arm, and for a few
days after that every merchant put a table
covered with a white cloth on the street
in front Of his shop. This table contained
two mourning candlesticks of white pew
ter and a pewter bowl, in which sticks of
incense were burned. All OF the store signs
of red and gold were covered with blue
paper, on which new signs were painted,
and even the number on the doors or door
plates were made white and blue. This
was so not only of Picking, but Of places
like Mukden, Hankow and Canton 1t was
so everywhere. The carts have blue cush-
ions and the passenger wheelbarrows,
which usually nave red blankets, were
covered with blue.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

Der Of men and boys. each Of whom has
his head gone over with a razor about
twice a week. The Chinese gentlemen
would rather go unwashed than unshaved.
Now, when one has shaved his head from
his babyhood the hair grows like a BAN
boo sprout. The result was that a week
or so after the mourning period began
these millions Of Chinese scalps were COW
cred with bristles like those Of a shoe
brush. They stood out on all sides except
where the queue grew forth from tho
crown. The BARRIERS, who are numbered by
millions, had nothing to do; and in some
places they came so near starving that
the government advanced them money until
the mourning period was over.
Here and there a man broke the laws
and had his head shaved. All such who
were discovered were punished. In Tien-
Tsin a clerk in one of the banks shaved
his head three days after the death Of
the empress dowager. He was arrested
as soon as he came out on the street and
was fined $3.50 in silver. This is equal to
over 500 gold. and 1t was, 1 venture one
Of the costliest shaves upon earth.
Here in Picking a young Chinese dandy
came to a barber and begged for a shave.
The barber replied that he feared he would
be arrested, and the dandy %thereupon
promised that he would stand all the fines.
The barber consented. The man took a
seat on the stool, and his head was just
half shaved when a policeman came in
and took both barber and customer off to
the court. The judge heard the complaint,
aud at its close imposed a fine Of $50 upon
each. The dandy paid the fines, but, as he
did so he pointed to his head and asked
the Judge:
But what am 1 to do? 1 cam go about
with my head half shaved"
LAS to that" replied the judge, you may
have the job completed, but a second Of
Tense Of this kind will land you in prison"
This custom of stopping shaving on the
death OF the emperor goes back to the
days OF Chen Lung, the second great en-
peror of the present dynasty, who is said
TO have inaugurated It when his favorite
wife died. His grief was such that he
ordered his officials not 10 shave their
heads for 100 days; and thereafter a similar
order was sent forth upon the death Of
an emperor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
Intimate Gossip Characteristic of Personality of Some Noted Peon1e

narily have been an ante-room. His room
was always full Of people, The crowd made
no confusion; his callers might be excited
and irritable, but he was calm. He talked
freely and frankly to practically all corners.
There was little in his replies OF the eau
tious, hedging, balancing attitude which s.
often characterize men in public positions.
Military officers, because OF the security OF
their tenure, are more apt than anybody
else to hold themselves aloof from the more
popular channels of affecting opinion. They
are afraid of the newspapers; they hesitate
to say anything definite 10 a congress Slan
for fear that he will tell somebody, and the
amount Of trouble into which they get By
such chance utterances as they are be.
guiled into making, probably ~justifies them
in this course. Dewey affords an example
OF this. But for some reason Corbin woul
always talk In a man-to-man fashion, and
did not, In a large number Of instances, a.
least, find himself misquoted in conse.
quence, In fine, he built up his power III
no small degree by his capacity for ex,
planning satisfactorily through the news
papers what he was doing, ard the motives
that leo to the various choices which hs
was making.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
wairInr for the pornrsr.

An important part Of the official celebra-
ton was the waillng. This was done by
the officials all over the empire. While I
was In Mukden they came to the palace at
about half past I in the morning, dressed
in white, with girdles of sackcloth. They
were then divided into two parties. the
military and the civilian, one standing on
one side Of the room and the other on the
opposite side. In front of them were the
imperial tablets. At a given signal from
an official all Of these white-gowned men
got on their knees and bumped their heads
on the floor as they screeched out a
weird, wild wall. At another signal they
rose to their feet, and at a third went
down again and again walled. This was
done for three days succeeding tho deaths
OF the emperor and the empress dowager.
Similar proceedings occurred at every Of
fetal yamen throughout the empire, and
in some places the wailing continued
longer. There was also wailing in the
villages; and the especially devout Chinese
grew hysterical under it, and some went
into fits.
The grieving OF the imperial clan will
continue long after that of the common
people has passed away. The lowest
classes of the Chinese gave up their mourn
ing at the end of 100 days, and some even
put on half-mourning at the end Of twenty
seven days. All members of the imperial
family must continue TO mourn for three
years. During that time they can engage
in no festiy~s, and they will not be al
lowed to have children. 1t is a disgrace to
a family to bring forth a child while the
mourning period lasts. Indeed, one of the
reasons for the Boxer uprising is said to
have been the rage OF the people against
the last emperor, Kwang Su, because he
was born at such a time.
During the long funeral procession which
accompanied the remains of the late en-
peroI to the western tombs, funeral money
was thrown into the air, and l am told
that l25, 600 taels of such money was burned
every day to pay Kwang Su's expenses
until he was consigned to his grave. This
money was in the shape OF disks of white
paper, each about as big as the bottom of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
Queer MonrnInr Cnstom..

Indeed. the funeral and mourning Gus
toms Of the Chinese are so strange that
1t would take a book to describe them.
There are five degrees OF mourning, each
Of which has its own regulations. There
is a certain kind Of mourning for parents,
another for grandparents and great
grandparents, another for brothers and
sisters and others for uncles and aunts
and for dear friends. There is deep
mourning and half-mourning. In the
deepest sackcloth is worn without hem
or borded. In the next grade one may
have blue clothes with a sackcloth belt,
and in others he may wear plain clothes,
such as white gray and black. During
three years after the death of a parent
no silks should be worn; and the man, IL
an official, should retire to private life to
wall. This was required of Ii Hung
Chang when his mother died but his
services were such that the empress dow
ager begged him to omit the custom for
the sake of the state.
When a death occurs in a Chinese fam
fly it's members put on sackcloth or white
clothes, braid white into their queues and
wear white buttons on their caps. They
send out mourning cards OF white paper.
At the end of six months or so they go
into half-mourning. They change their
white clothes for blue ones, have blue
buttons on their caps and braid blue
threads into their queues. Then send out
blue cards, and on them are printed the
characters which state Grief not so Bit
ter as before" This means that the MEM
bers of the family are ready to resume
their relations with the world, and that
their friends will be allowed to call to
condole with them. Later stu they drou
the blue and come out in the gorgeous
silks and satins common to their daily
life. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
No Place Tor Etinuette.

Prof. Isaac schwatt Of the University
OF Pennsylvania, who, besides occupying
the chair Of mathematics at that insti-
tuition adds 10 the gayety OF nations by his
idiosyncracies both Of speech and manner.
is constantly the unconscious author OF
stories that delight his many friends ana
students.
During the last year Prof. Schwatt had
a class in higher mathematics In which all
the students with a few exceptions were
men, II is the professors custom 10 lecture
with a large ham sandwich In one hand
from which, to puctuate his flowing
periods OF eloquence, he takes a large hlte.
on this day-a particularly warm one
the professor had covered two large black
boards with numerals and was starting on
a third, when he paused and, after remark
ing 'Vimmin eggscuse me- pulled off his
cuffs.
Ten minut later he again ceased
figuring and, wiping his steaming brow,
looked reproachfully at his girl students in
the front row. Suddenly he took a
desperate determination.
"Vimmin or no vimmin," he shouted,
Isaac schwstt takes off his coat. To dc
pure all tings vas pure"-PhnadslDhia
Telegraph 4
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

There were many queer things about the
mourning at the palace. 1 spent much
time around the gates of the Forbidden
city, and had considerable to do with the
high officials. For many days after the
empress ~dowager's death her 5000 eunuchs
went dressed in white. The buttons were
taken off their caps, and they looked like
yellow faced ghosts. 1t was the same with
the officials. They came TO the palace in
chairs covered with blue, or in carriages
with blue w%rappings. The highest officers
wore sackcloth, their faces and heads were
unshaven and their finger nails uncut.
Among the mourners, however, there
were some singular exceptions. I noticed
that many Of the servants and officials
had on the brightest of Joyful red gowns
and that their scalps were shaved clean
They were in striking contrast with tn,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
All weddings Held lin.

The regulation that abolished marriages
for twenty-seven days created great con-
sternation. 1t was known about two days
beforehand that such an edlct would be
Issued, and during that period there was
an epidemic Of weddings all over the en-
pire. Every city and town had scores of
them, and although Picking was shrouded
In gloom on account of the deaths, the
other cities were alive with weddings and
their festivities. Even here there were
many marriages.
In the hurry the brides and grooms were
sometimes mixed up, and the wrong par
ties found themselves tied together in the
bond matrimonial. According to Chinese
custom, the groom furnishes the clothes
for his bride, ana he seldom sees her be-
fore the wedding. She always comes yelled
to the ceremony At a wedding which &C.
Cured at this time in T~ien-Tsin, when the
bride unveiled, the groom said: These
are not the clothes which 1 furnished"
And that is not the girl choose for
YOU" said the matchmaker.
1t was then discovered that two we'd
dings were slated for that night in the
same block and that the wrong brides had
been carried in their closed chairs to the
wrong grooms.
This was not discovered until the cere-
monies had been performed, and it took
considerable money to buy the officials
to unite the knots and bring the right
couples together.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

rive impressions from the talk of others.
1t MAJ be owing to his own limitations as
a talker that he attaches so much impor-
lance 10 the gift Of ~fluency. He is cred
tied With the observation that to The
takers OF the world has fallen an undue
amount OF Influence owing to the great
effect Of FEASIBILITY. His own converse
ton IS largely carried on In the idiom Of
the Beers. He seems to avoid the use OF
English in the domestic circle. He talks
most happily in the language OF the land
he has served SO well and so long. The
vernacular he knows has been described
By one authority as the real blackwell
TAal, full Of quaint SMILES and Of back
weld idioms.' No grammI, Of the Dutch
tongue has any room for this mysterious
EibbeIish, OF which Rotha is past master.
To the great house in which Botha
spends his leisure come the latest books
from London. He is very much inter-
ested IN ply steal science and in the litera-
ture Of psychic research. but he has no
taCs, TO tendency to absorb himself In any
movement -unconnected with the politics
OF Syuth Africa. His reading includes
moro current fiction than even Clemen-
ceau could digest and -Clemenceau is
known to be an inveterate reader in nov
els. Botha's f~avorlte novelist Is said TO
be Dickens and his prediction in poetry.
according 10 d writer in Truth, is Words
worth, His library is a huge apartment.
with immense windows overlooking the
landscape for miles. He Is prone 10 bury
himself here for hours. no one venturing
TO disturb him when he is absorbed in
some work fresh from London The
senerals memory for what he has read
seems marvellous il It be true, as reported
that he has never been found al fault in a
quotation from a fsvorite author.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

Apropos OF examination and their terotS
a, E' Palmer secretary OF the department.
OF education of New York, told at a recent
dinner an old story of a young African
prince.
This prince" said Mr.. Palmer, entered
Yale or Harvard-I forget ~which-and
amused himself with motorcars and bull
dogs till examination time drew near.
Examination time frightened the young
prince horribly. He began to study and he
cabled home to the king. his father;
Examination next week. Most difficult
Implore aid Of gods in my behalf
"A few days later this reply came back
from the barbarous west coast monarch:
" Rites performed. Fourteen picked
youths, all sons OF mobiles, have been sac
rificed. Omens propitious.'
yet, would you believe it?" Mr.. Palmer
concluded, "the young prince flunked."-
Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

dinner in Philadelphia in honor Of his
firm fortieth anniversary, said that TO
succeed in advertising required hard work.
THE successes in this business are stu
pendous," he said, but some folks think
that working as Roehottom OF Camden
worked a man can build up a great adver-
tising fortune.
"Roebottom was a roofer. He was en-
gagged on a Mlckle street house. One day,
as he was lunching, he was heard to give
a yell Of pain.
What's the matter, Roebottom?' a car
penter asked.
81 got a nail in my foot the roofer an,
swered.
Well why don't you pull it out?' said
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

perial deaths occurred The officials said
the show must close, and the Greek de-
manded damages. He was paid 1880 in
lieu OF his loss.
In this same town Of wuchang, which
lies just opposite Hshkow, the police were
given scissors the day Of the mourning
began and were instructed to cut from the
caps Of the men every red button they
saw; they were ordered also to cut into
pieces n red clothing that might be
worn. An official Of this same region
shaved his scalp contrary to law. He was
at once put into a cangue; that is, a heavy
board framework five feet square was
fitted around his neck so that it hung
upon his shoulders, extending so far out
that he could not touch his head with his
hand. After that the police smeared his
scalp with pitch and turned him loose on
the streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

Prohibition in the south is forcing a
variety OF evasive developments. In Ten
nesses an odorless drink called beerette,
which leaves no trace Of It's presence in
the breath OF the drinker, has appeared,
but it's intoxicating effects are described
az tremendous II not deadly. In Georgia
the practice obtains Of putting drinking
places In the names Of employed negroes
who serve the prison sentence Al a stated
compensation. while the real owners con
tinue the business and pocket the profits
Some parts OF Georgia report a reviva.
Of Ku kluX Klans, or night-riding groups
which deal ~strenuously with suspected
operators OF blind tigers" The prohib,
itOTy policy down that way vs. certainly
studied ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Republl,
can
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
The ConciIiatOr of south Africa.

Without that miracle OF eoncilatory
capacity, the personality OF Louis Botha.
South Africa, would not today, in the
opinion OF Current Literature nave put to-
gether the machinery Of that federal
government which is soon to provide her
with a governor general. a senate and an
assembly.
Louis Boths has. In the main. literary
ana scholarly tastes, Notwithstanding his
love OF fray in its political and sporting
forms. He Is fluent in both English and
the jargon OF the Beers, He is not a
eonventionalist in the brilliant sense Of the
term. His conversation does not bewilder
an interiocutor with subtleties. His delight
Is to talk with men OF IDEAS. for unlike
some rsticSnt natures b. v eager 70 de-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

In our country black is the color for
mourning. Among the Chinese the deepest
grief is represented by white, and half
mourning by blue. Red and gold are the
emblems of rejoicing. The day after the
death Of the emperor an edict was sent out
that the red buttons must be taken off
the caps of all men and boys and that
white or blue buttons should take their
places. During my stay in Mukden l had
an official acting as my interpreter. He
had been wearing a bright yellow satin
gown with a black cap. on which was a
red button. On the day of the emperor's
death he appeared in blue buttons and a
black cotton gown. At the same time the
officials there came out in white sack
cloth, and many in gowns of White sheep
skin, with the wool on the outside. The
police put white bands on their sleeves,
and all college students dressed likewise.
Shortly thereafter an edict was sent forth
that for three years no furs except the
white sh~eepskins could be worn by the
officials. This seriously affected the fur
market, sables and other costly furs going
down like a shot. Today most furs are a
drug on the market, and some OF the mer-
hants have been ruined by the emperor's
death. 1 am acquainted with an American
who bought a sable robe worth 81, 900 for
$500. He got a tiger skin for $50 and fox
skins for almost nothing. Nearly all the
officials have winter costumes of silk and
satin lined with choice furs. They are
buying none now, and the only furs in
demand are lambskins and sheepskins.
The mourning period has also affected
the traders in silks and satins. The Off
cial who dared come out in gay clothing
during the period Of deepest grief lost his
office, and the police punished all such
Four of the government officers who wore
gold watches at the time were arrested
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

ments the barber's razor had nicked the
fathers cheek.
There. Pat, you have cut me-" said
the priest as he raised his hand and ca
ressed the wound.
"Yis' yr riv-rRnce." answered the bar
Der.
Ihat shows you" continued the priest.
IN a tone OF censutb, what the use of
liquor will do"
'fis' yr riv-rance," replied tho barber
nuInoly' 1t makes the skin tender
Chicago Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
How n Affected the women.

The imperial deaths had a serious effect
upon the women of the empire. The laws
provided that they must take off their
jewelry within three days ana 20 lay aside
their silks and satins for three months.
All wore dull colors, and some clad them.
selves in white. It was against the laws
to wear red, and any woman found on the
streets with a red gown was ordered back
home. A young Chinese lady Of this city
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

a tin cup, and with a square hole IN the
center. 1t was gathered up by the coolies
who followed the procession. and sold by
them for 90 cents a bag.
Paper money of this kline is to be found
in every Chinese city. There are scores OF
stores in Picking which sell nothing else.
The money is of silver and gold paper.
made up in the shape OF disks or Of shoes
to initiate the silver taels used as Chinese
currency. This is spirit money. You can
also buy spirit clothing. consisting OF
gowns made OF paper, and also spirit
trunks. which are paper boxes. Such things
are burned at the graves, the idea being
that they will serve for the wants OF the
departed. Another theory is that they
propitiate the ghosts, which hover about
the dead and probably charge for their
services.