The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05

other stunts" wlichAonly a young and
slender man find; easy.
s. The otncers, OF course had to follow
their sovereign's lead without hesitation,
and the spectacle of two or three tat oio
generals trying TO touch their toes made
the Kaiser laugh till the tears rolled
down his checks.
Will Not Marry Drinkers.
There is a movement among young
smidde-class women here to form an or
ganization whose members shall pledge
themselves never. to marry a man who is
addicted 20 drink. The organization will
be patterned after that at Waremme, in
Belgium whose members can themselves
The Swallows and treat coldly all
Young men who are known to use intoNl-
cantS.
The German passion for statistics has
provided a local paper with an interest
ing article on Mother Eartil's Destruc-
tiveness' The story is hardly fair to
Mother Earth. as it gives this year of
catastropllies in the West indies as
sample.
trne sfigures show for the first half of
the year a total loss of 1890 lives due
to- commissions of nature, amounting to
half a good-sized army. Tornadoes were
responsible for 4'5 deaths cyclones for
30 lesspr wlnGit stokms! for F20, ana
foods and tidal waves for more than
500.
From Bonn, at whose great university
the Kaiser will have two sons enrolled
this year. comes a refreshing stndent-life
story. Two students called Fritz" and
.tRudo!pli'' We're invited to special din
Sner After the wine had gone round sew
eral times Fritz found it impossible to
resist the temptation to acquire a SOU
venir of the occasion in the shape of
silver spoon. which he placed in his boot.
Rudolph alone witnessed the act and
saw an opportunity to prove his expert
ness as a magician. So he said to the.
assembled guests:
..You see this spoon, yes? Well. I put
it in my pocket, So
Then he made 4 few passes and re-
marked that the spoon would be found
in $Fritz's boot An investigation proved
the truth of the statement. Fritz was
sober enough to accent the situation and
solen1nly restored The sno0n to its place
On the table Secure in his reputa ton as
a magician Rudolph neglected to make
restitution ard it is he who has the
souvenir.
Polo in Germany.
The game Of polo, so popular in Eng
land and America, has lately become
lad in the German army. This is large
~ 4 result Of the statement OF military
journalists that the customary drills
alone were not sufficient to keep the
OFFICERS in coed physical condition.
Loss Of activity. the critics pointed out,
meant loss of nerve. German military
officers pay Il great deal OF attention to-
their pleasures, ard the effect of Idle
ness has been manifest in a general ten
dency to sit about and drink to excess.
Quite suddenly it was discovered that
polo was not only exercise, but fasci-#
mating sport as we'll. Since that time
there has been q notable decline IN the
corpulency of middle-aged officers and
corresponding, loss to purveyors OF Wine
and beer.
The famous orientalist, Professor Va ms
berry, has started considerable comment
through an article he has punished
warning mercantile concerns not TO place
too much reliance OH accounts OF the
alleged treaty between Russia and mi
bet as all the roads leadlns8Ithence TO
in very Anglophile and tina Russia has
no interest in taking possession of Thi-5
het as all the read leading thence to-
india lie through narrow mountain
M sses and in the midst of stony wastes,
quite impossible for an army.
The professor adds that China knows
that Great Britain would support to the
utmost q Chinese refusal TO negotiate
With Russia concerning cession Of Thi-
bet Besides Russia is too much occu-
pied In other parts OF Asia. to entangle
herself for the sake of Fhibet.