The times dispatch. [volume], December 06, 1903, Page 11, Image 11

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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TO STUDY
OURMETHODS
English Committee May Come
Across to Look Into Public
School System.
A FAMINE IN TURKEYS
Most of Those Eaten Christmas
Must be Imported From
the Continent.
BY PAUL? LAMBERT. .
(Special Cablo to the Times-Dispatch.
Copyright, 1003.)
LONDON, Dec, 6.?England Is slowly
ropognlzlng tho fact that not only in in?
dustrial matters can she learn from
America, but that also m other respects
we can do nothing better than look Into
tho methods and wuys of our American
cousins.
' Tho president of tho London Board of
Education has been reported as being In
favor of sending a spoclul commltteo to
New York to study tho American modern
public school.
The building, ho says, as well as the
methods of teaching used In America,
should bo carefully studied by the com
mlttoo, which should rlumbor among its
members pedagogues and practical archi?
tects and physicians.
Tho new American idea' of teaching
public school children to play the games
of the country boy, and thereby develop,
them physically, us well as mentally, has
especially appealed to London teuchers
nnd physicians, and is being watched with
great Interest.
Should the committco bo sent over in
tho spring this particular branch of pub?
lie school work will be closely Investi?
gated.
Turkey Faminine.
With Christmas only a few days off
London Is threatened with a famine in
turkeys. .
The seriousness of the situation Is
easily realized by thoso who havo wit?
nessed tho , Christmas holidays In this
country. ...
A Christmas In Engirt*"! without tur?
keys would, bo like a, wedding without a
a groom.
English and Irish young birds were
rtarved to death In hundreds through,the
wet weather, and tho liens refused to sit
on thoir eggs, ,
British poultry farmers cannot compete
with Continental breeders, who . send
thousands of poorer birds annually into
tho London markets, 'selling them, in
some instances, ut 00 per cent, less than
the BrltMi farmer can possibly do.'
According to a well known Etrand
dealer, enormous quantities of turkeys I
?sseWS^??-,?
p e
1 ?00 Men's Suits,
900 Pairs Men's Pants,
MUSTBE SOLD BY JANUARY 1st, 1904.
Men's Business Suits now $3.50;
Men's Dress Suits now $6,00.
Men's Business Pants now $1.00.
Men's Dress* Pants now $2.50.
This sale includes the Ladies' Department also. THESE
GOODS MUST BE SOLD. Now is your chance. Come be?
fore the rush. LINDSEY W. ALLEN, Manager.
J. H. Bushy, 00 Broad St.
from Italy. Austria, France, Russia and
Canada will bo on sale before Christmas,
but English and Irish birds will be scarce
nnd will command - much as forty cents
a pound. Imported turkeys will sell at
twenty-five cents a pound, except Italian,
which will ' command a slightly higher
price.
Fiscal reform would help tho home tur?
key breeder.
Important Trust
King Edward, and In fact tho wholo
nation. If expecting great results from
Lord Curzon's trir to the Persian Gulf.
There I? probably no Englishman better
acciualnted with this part ?G Asia than
the Viceroy of India, who, as a young
man, traveled extensively through all
Persia.
At the present moment the Gulf is
crowded with English ships, and every?
thing apparently breathes only peace and
order; but there Is little doubt that were
the British men-of-war to leave, were It
made known that the strong hand of
Britain ivas no more to be feared by evil?
doers between the Straits of Ormuz and
the mouth of tho Tlgrfs, the country
would be a hell on earth.
Russian agents are always present,
working under a hundred disguises, and
the task given the Viceroy, to strengthen
tho hold of Groat Britain on tho country
surrounding the Gulf, and put an end to
the Intrigues of Russia, is as important
as any confided to any British General in
time of war. .
The King has full faith in Lord Curzon,
and by suggesting that he accompany the
I'rlnce of Wales to St. Louis has In a way
rewarded him beforehand.
Kitchener's Accident.
The accident which happened to Lord
Kitchener seems to have been of a much
more serious nature than 'at first re?
ported.
Of course his Ufe ?3 In no danger, but,
due to overwork, his general health was
poor previous to his accident, and the
fracture of his leg Is of a very serious
nature, and it Is not sold to bo healing
as fast as had been ?xvirr%*C
Altogether, tho Sirdar; seems to have
met with a streak ofv bad luck, as tho
present Is tho second mishap which ho
lias encountered this year..
The earlier one was of not nearly so
serious a character. It looked to possess
ugly enough possibilities, however at the
moment, for his ponies on tho road be
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tween Ismail Khan and 'Tonk ran away
wfth him, and whirled Ills' conveyance
over a small ravine.
Fortunately ho was'able to Jump cle.-ir
of the tonga as it was swung off the road.
These two acldents, coming so close to?
gether; havo served to''recall tho tact
that Lord Kitchener is-a batchelor, and
many have? suggested to some the ques?
tion of suceaslon to the dlsroumy.
Should ho .not marry, then tho title
would pass to whichever of his two broth-'
ers survive him, or to this heirs malo or
the one entitled to succeed.
. ,Earl Roberts, with whose Illness, cu
r?ouHly enough, the accident to this dis?
tinguished subordinate synchronizes, has
no male heir; and his tltlo will devolve
upon his elder daughter.
So; too, will that of Lord Wolseley upon
hie. aaushuy. , *
NoWoman Hater.
? Though Lord Kitchener has never mar
1 Vied, and for this reason has gained the
! reputation of being a woman hater, this
? accusation Is very unjust.. ,
? One of.'his frienda, who ,knows him
I very Intlmatoly, recently said, of him
I that though, the lago, he does not ''wear
| his heart upon h's sleeve, he has a
? heart, and ? warm one, too.
"Tho man who follows through Ufe the
woman-who nursed him as a child, who
never misses an opportunity of peeing
that old purse; Is not heartless: and if
I he has hesitated nt the lottery of mnr
I riage. he Is not the only brave ?man who
I has shrunk from tho edge 'of the pro
carious cliff.
. "No? It Is a canVadlction of all the
laws of human nature to suppose that
from a being so gifted there has been
left out that supreme gift of fooling and
lave."
When Queen Victoria, tho greatest of
England's monarch?, spoke of his first
vhilt to her at Balmoral, sho said: "Thoy
say ho hales women: I can only say ho
was very nice to me."
?-. ? '
The Best and Only ,Way.
How shall the visiting friori.d bo entor
tuinad? Chiefly by letting hi in alono.
Only the featherweights feel tlutt thoy
must bo talked to all tho time, shown
atout, "entertained."
Such a person would complain of bolng
forlorn If left alone with tho nightingale
In tho Forent of Ai'don; of being desolalo,
if sot down among tho marblo brodo in
tho gardena o? the Vatican.
Lot euch ne-isons. perish of tholr own
ompUnoss. . Give tho guest the freedom
of tho houso and tho gl/t of stillnesu if
ho doslree It.?/. '???.,. 'T* '?, '.' T .
l-oi him follow his heart's .desire. Lot
him find eomothluK fpr urosolf- to do.
?a' ?hall he find Joy, and leave 'bollimi
htm a pleasant momory who? ho.goes,
eome mark of individual ty; oven as old
xqontalgn, isullantly calling upon qvery
prince along his route, always ioit Ins
coat of arum behind Uo for remem?
brance, ............. ?. ? <.
ILLNESS OF
Public Cease to. Doubt That
Growth an His Throat is
of Cancerous Nature.
THE TROUBLES IN AFRICA
Whole of Germany's Dominions
There Are Said to be in
Grave Danger.
BY MALCOMB CLARICE,
(By Special Cablo to the TImes-Dispatoh.
j Copyright, 1003.)
BERLIN,? Dec. O.-Tho fact that tho
Kaiser has withdrawn his offor of a cup
for a trans-Atlantic yacht race has cre?
ated a tremendous sensation hero, and
has strengthened tho general belief thut
tho ic.il.jur knows that he Is a doomed
man,
It was evidently immediately reallzod
nt court that tho withdrawal of tho of?
fer was a most serious mistake, and
strong effort's we'ro made to make It ap?
pear that the Kaiser's act., was due to
reasons over which ho had no control,
and It Is even said that officials of tho
New Vork Yacht Club ?were appealed to
to allay the anxiety of tho Gorman peo?
ple.
it splto ? of all, the publie, refuses to
bell'evo that jealousy between tho New
York and Atlantic Yacht Clubs mado tho
Kaiser reconsider his offer.
Details of the history of the Kaiser's
Illness, which are leaking out from court,
tend to show that the most elaborate
precautions were takon to prevent the
news of tho Emperor's Illness from be?
coming public before the operation.
A plain carriage- was sent to the Ber?
lin station to. moot Professor Schmidt
from Frankfort, who would have attract?
ed attention by alighting at Potsdam.
Ho was driven from Berlin to 'Pots?
dam and admitted secretly to tho palaco,
where ho was secluded In a suite of rooms
'for two days betoro the operation.
No ono was aware of his presence ex?
cept the Emperor, tho Empress, tho Em?
peror's two personal physicians and tho
Emperor's valet.
A secret spiral staircase ' ? led from
Professor Schmidt's suite to tho Empe?
ror's a parimente. ' ....,!"
Beforo tho. operation the Emperor do
mnnded Professor Schmidt's word of hon- I
or to Inform him of the full truth as \
to tile nature of tho complaint.
It Is now the universal belief here that ?
Professor Schmidt immediately after the
operation, told . the lenisci?, that his dis?
ease was of a cancerous naturo, and
that though there was no Immediate dan?
ger, the hope of euro was vory faint,
What has strengthened this belief Is
tho fact, which has become known, that
the famous spechilist is devoting, ull his'
time to experimenting with radium and its'
effects upon cancer.
In Grave Danger.
Reports from Germnn Southwest Africa
are anything but encouraging, though tho
ofllclul news given out by tho govern?
ment makes light of tho rebellion at
Warmbad, nnd describes the affair as
practically ended. ? .
Cablos( received In'England from Capo
Town s'ta'to. that tho Clermrin colonhts
are In Sgravo'danger,' and that Inmenso
efforts will bo necessary to restore order
and eoer<?? the natives'.
It is-said that? the Oerman1 forces liave
met with, very serious1 losses, which aro
beliitr concealed by tho government.
The whole Gorman tori'ltpry in South?
west Africa, It is stated, in In a stato
of rel-olllbn, und the natives uro well
supplied with arms of Ilio most modern
pattern and plenty of ammunition, bought
from Herman, and English merchants,
On the surface there Is hardly a ripple,,
and the German authorities aro eensor
ftlg all news direct from the affected;
territory, but It cannot bo kept a secret'
from tho English in Capo Colony that the
next few weeks may bring terrible inas
snures of Oerman colonists, as well as
soldiers. , ?? ?
Ends Persecutions..
.It has been known for some tjme that
tho Czar, who personally admires the
famous author find philosopher, Count
Tolstoy, has succeeded in putting an end
to tho many persecutions from Russian
officiais, Jo which tho CouiU has been
subjected.'
Not daring to thwart tho will of the
Czar, the Holy Synod and the run..g bu
roaumiy aro now '? ?.-. ??'? billig tin? p
mor that tho Count is Insano.
Tho famous orlrnnologlut, Professor Ce?
sare Lombroso, Wim hau Just returned
from Russia, tells how ho became a?/aro
of this fact.
Arriving at Moscow, lie eent a tale
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? ilio h'??.?,
gram to Count Tolstoy, announcing his
Intoni Ion o? paying bini a viali.
Hu liad hardly sent tho dopateli who?,
a police olllelal ontored hlu 'room at thu
hotel.
"Mr. Lombroso, you have sent a tele- ?
gram to Tolstoy," bo blurted out. I
Tho professor admitted that ha was j
Indeed guilty of thu offence. ?
"But do you know that Tolstoy is hope?
lessly Insano?" I
l?uibros? took m tho situation at a
glance, nnd told the pollco commissioner
that he was very well aware of this, an)
that being a physician especially Int^r?
ested in Count Tolstoy's form of Insanity,
ho wanted to visit hlni for this vary rea?
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The bullied olllo'.'al could do nothing
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ly wo? allowed to visit the Count.
"Wh*n. 1 told him." :pn>f?asor Lom?
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