The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-14

| bather to lie In ana paddle ttntsetf
about If he desires
Crude petroleum Is the most yal1a-
bic of the nonmetalic mineral produc-
tons of Peru. and the development Of
the oil fields Is constantly increasing.
The supreme court of New York
lately upheld an actress in her refusal
to wear tights while appearing as q
United States army officer In fnrec.
Luther Burbank announces that he
has succeeded after ten years Of ex-
periments, In producing thornless
black berry bush. The berries are said
to be delicious
There are no local regulations relat
| ing to life insurance in China, Ameri-
can companies being entirely under the
| Jurisdiction OF the American consular
and court officials and subject to Amer
lean law.
The steam trawling business In ia
pan has increased by leaps and
| bounds. so much SO indeed that the
| government has withdrawn the subsi
dies formerly paid to encourage this
| DfancH OF HSnln2-
In the homes of the middle class
Chinese the husbands mother reigns
supreme. and clubs have been formed
among wives with such titles ~ Re
beilion Against the Motherin-law and
| Restoration Of Female Rights
Beer is now furnished New Workers
/ In square paper boxes. like. those long
used for ice cream. The box holds a
pint and will remain air tight for sew
eral hours Placed In refrigerator IL
remains unchanged much longer
The Girls Friendly Society Of Amer
| lea IL said to be the largest girls socie
ty In the world. 1t has more than GOO
1 branches with d registered member
ship of nearly 10000. 1t Is now rep
resented In nearly every country in
the world
! Among the most productive and
promising industries of Korea are its
| gold mines. and especially those CON
| trolled by American citizens. The geo
logical survey of the country is far
| from complete. and clandestine placer
mining liz prevalent.
The receipt Of underpaid letters from
! the United States Is so common in
| Chinese cities that the business firms
generally refuse to accept letters IN.
less the envelope shows the address Of
some American firm with which they
are In communication.
! For many years the Japanese had lit
| tie or no use OF nails, but with the in
| PRODUCTION and acceptance Of western
| ideas the use of nails became quite
general. so that now there are several
| factories In that country devoted to
the manufacture of nails.
The city Of Vera Cruz, with popu-
lation OF about $4,000, Is supplied with
bread by some thirty eight shops. Of
| which number only few devote their
entire efforts to the business. The ma
jority follow the industry as side
line, their inainstay being the sale of
liquors and groceries.
DIR. James b. Angel. president erner
titus OF the University of Michigan, at
the age Of eigbty-two Is still a famil
lar figure on the campus. living as he
does In the presidents house He be
came head of the university In 1871.
resigning tn 1909 During bis admin
istration 22.O0D degrees were granted.
and the faculty grew from thirty five
members to 400
Among the many ancient buildings
ia Vienna which are fast falling prey
to the modern builder IL one of particu
lar interest to the medical society. It
Is situated In the Weihburggasse. In
the heart OF the old city. and dates
back to the fourteenth century. 1t was
then the house OF the medical faculty.
and ia it took place the first legal dis
section OF a human body in central
Europe
The effort to make q seaport of Rome
has taken serious form. and at the
present time two schemes are under
consideration. One calls for the build
ing OF canal to the sen. the details OF
which have been worked out on paper.
but the other. which seems to be more
promising and which has been more
recently agitated. provides for the
building OF a harbor on the coast at
point nearest the city. with an ade-
quate railroad connection between the
two
G. arthur Pearson. editor and owner
or the London Express. wealthy be-
yond the dreams OF avarice. and re-
ported suffering complete breakdown
from overwork, was poor lad TWEEN.
ty-flve years ago. but full of force and
ambition At nineteen he became edi-
tor OF Tit Bits and made good After
the first year refused an increase In
salary. he borrowed d small sum and
started i'ears0n's Weekly. which IN 4
few pears poured / golden stream into
hts Ian