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The Washington times., 1905-01-17
N|CHO[ SON WILL
RULE GIBRAi TAR
New Governor to Succeed
Defender of Ladysmith.
BRILLIANT SERVICE RECORD
Said to Be the Cleverest General IN
the British ATmy-Good
Organizer.
BRILLIANT SERVICE RECORD

LONDON, Jan. 17.-Iieut. Gen. Sir Will
liam Nicholson has been appointed GOV
ernor and coramander-in-chief at Glib
raItar in succession to Sir George White,
who will take up the governorship of
Chelsea Hospital.
Sir William Nicholson, who IS now
with the Japanese army as attache, has
suffered from an attack OF fever re-
Gently, and the change will probably
facilitate his complete recovery
Served in Afghan War.
He has a record of brilliant service
in the Afghan war, 1859; the Egyptian
expedition of 1882 and the Burmese ex-
pedition of 1861. In South Africa ne
served on the headquarters staff with
Lord Roberts.
He is said to be the cIeverest man in
the army. That is why he is not at the
war office.
The only thing against him, except his
brains, is that he does not go out OF
his way to make himself popular de
lust does his work, and does 1t We'll
Born in 1875, he entered the engineers
twenty years later and fought in the
Afghan war, marched to Candahar,
| fought IN Egypt. Burniah, and the T1rah
expedition.
Adjutant in India.
Then he was a6jutant general In In
dia, and was practically commaRder-in-
chief owing to the illness of his supe-
rior, Sir William Lockart. Fer his work
/. IN South Africa he was made a major
general
Tail. erect. and well proportioned, he
/ is fine looking man, and MS manner.
when he chooses, is irresistible-but he
does no. always choose.
| IT is as an organizer that he is best
known. With him his work is everything
| He works necessarily ard tirelessIy.
Sport has little attraction for hlm-
When in India he was practically in
visible Tor social purposes. though ne
can be a sociable pei son when his work
| allows
The Washington times., 1905-01-17
No VANDAL TO-DAY
IS THE SCHOOLBOY
His Desk Is Guiitless OF
Mark of Knife.
NO LONGER DESTRUCTIVE
Eminent Is His Respect for the Para
phernaia of Education-Devel-
opment of Ideals.
NO LONGER DESTRUCTIVE

Where are the school desks of yester-
Gay?
What has become of the ancient school
furniture. carved and mutiliated by the
schoolboys knife?
The question a short time ago inspired
the Superintendent of Schools, Mr.
Stuart, to reflective and interesting re-
marks on present-day discipline in the
public schools.
The loan of seventy-fve discarded
school desks is just now being made by
the District to the National Junior Re
public. 1t is safe to say that not one
OF them presents the appearance that
the common school desk of twenty years
ago would have done.
Latter-Day Reverence.
The respect which the average school
boy of today manifests for school prop
erty is undoubtedly remarkable in the
minds of those whose memories run back
to their own school days. when the
school furniture and premises used to be
the favorite field for the lawless use Of
iackknife and pencil.
Few evidences of vandalism, cOmpara-
lively, are now TO be seen in the pupilc
schools of Washington. superintendent
Stuart in his recent annual report TOOK
occasion to express his qualification at
this fact
He credited it TO the development of
those ideals which place a distinct edu-
catiye and moral value on q sanitary
and attractive environment for the
pupil. He gives two reasons for the
passing of the carnival of hoodlumism
which prevailed among school boys a
quarter OF a century ago.
Motor Activities Directed.
1.-The first" he says, '-lies in the fact
that the motor activities Of the child
which are impatient of restraint, and
which indeed should not be restrained
but guided. when they are directed BY
the skilled teacher toward useful ends
are changed from dreaded instruments
of harm TO ones neighbor, into peaceful
and productive agents for the accom-
plishment of good
These motor activities in boy or mar
are bound to smash something when no
controlled by a purposeful intelligence
The superintendent credits the manua
training school with a share in the con
troll of the intelligent exercise OF The
chiid's bodily activities.
Improved Environments
But he terms the improved environ
ment of the schools the silent but pow
crfal agent IN lifting the ideals of th'
pupils and tightening the task OF the
teacher.
The modern school room differs from
most schools of former years in having
pure air. walls hung with pictures, ant
adorned with other works OF art, WIN
dow boxes with growing plants, taste
fui arrangement Of flowers, autumn
leaves, fruits, and decorative plants
pleasing tints upon the walls. bette
architecturaI effects in the construc
ton of she building, and an occaSiona
fewer bed or ciambering vine.
The Washington times., 1905-01-17

ROME. Jan. F.-Anyone judging of
italian society life solely by the col
umns of the Italian press might be
tempted TO imagine that deeds of vio-
lcnce form the normal amusement of
great masses of the population.
The idea, as an Italian newspaper
lately complained, has found accep-
tance with many people in Europe and
the United States, who regard Italy as
country whore sensational crime Is
the order of the day.
1t is interesting, therefore, to see from
the latest annual issue of the penal
statistics. published recently. how Italy
really stands in respect of crimes of vio-
lence.
Crime of Homicide.
The most salient fact which emerges
from a dense forest OF figures is the
diminution in the number of homicides,
which have fSiien from an annual aver
age of 4.S20 during the eighties to 3,i6S
though, of course, the population has
increased during he same period.
As might. perhaps. be expected. Sicily
is the most homicidai district of the
kingdom. There the number Of homicides
is as high as 27-3s for every 100, 900. in
habitants. Second worst is Sardinia
with 22S6. Then follow fertile Cam
pania with 222S. and the mounta nous
Calabria, TIE former hunting ground of
the brisand. Musoline, with 1896
North Italy Brags.
The northern Italians will nor fail TO
point out that all these murderousIv-iu-
elined regions are in the south, and on
The islands. whereas the north. which is
apt to pride itself on it's virtues. can
boast that there are only 2.5i homicides
per 10000 inhabitants in LombarCly, 2 IS
in Venctia, and 5.43 in Piedmont. IN
central Italy the proportion is also low
While homicides have diminished
thefts have increased Here the unfor-
tunate Island Of Sardinia, the Cindar-
The Washington times., 1905-01-17
CITIZENS DIVERTED
FROM SERIOUS BUSINESS

But little business was transacted at
last nights meeting Of the Takoma
Park Citizens Association, the minds
OF most of the members being occupied
with the coming rehearsal for the farce,
..rThc Deestrict Skule.' which will be
given at Takona Park tonight, and the
profits resulting there1rom used for the
general Identification of the suburb.
The play will be presented tonight and
tomorrow evening, at o'clock, IN Ia
lsoma Hall. The cast has been drawn
entirely from the residents of Takoma
Park, and a large attendance is pronis-
g
The Washington times., 1905-01-17
S. n. KAUFFMANN PRESIDENT
OF CORC0RAN ART GALLERY

The board Of trustees Of the Corco4 :
an Art Gallery met yesterday for the
purpose Of re-electing officers. The re-
suits were as follows:
President. Samuel H Kauffmann:
vice president and t.aasurer, Charles
Frederick y. Mcclure: assistant direc-
tor, Powell Minnigerodc.
William Ccrcoran Eustis. Thomas
Hyde Bernard. X. Green, John NJ. Will
son. Arthur J. Parsons, and r. Ross
Perry are trustees.
The Washington times., 1905-01-17
TO FORCE CORPORATIONS
TO FILE STATEMENTS

Several persons interested in the local
affairs of the District will petition Con-
gress for enforcement of the law reia-
tive to local corporations filing their an
nual statements. They will hold meet
ing in a few days and formulate plans.
This, coming upon the heels or COM
missioner Garneld's severe arraignment
of the law. is significant Of growing
movement to make all corporations COM
ply with the requirements Of the District
cOrDOratiOn law
The Washington times., 1905-01-17
Adjutant in India.
GOVERNMENT GETS TITLE
TO FRIAR LAND TRACTS

More than half of the $4,000 appro-
priated for the payment OF the friars.
land in the Philippines has been paio
out to the orders and th< title 70 the
land has passed to the Philippine gov
ernment-
This money was disbursed through
London banks
The Washington times., 1905-01-17
CHOLERA AND PLAGUE
CLAIMS MANY RUSSIANS

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 17.-Durtng
the first weei. OF the Russian new year
twenty-threc fresh c:tses OF cholera and
tmenty-seyen deaths from That disease
aayc been reported ia southeast Russia.
Fifteen deaths from Siberian plague
Curing the same period have been re-
ported from the Cral district
The Washington times., 1905-01-17

In view of the effort being made in the
Senate to get consideration of the pure
food bill at the present session. a great
deal of interest has been evinced IN a
scientific article which has been shown
to a number of members OF the upper
house to prove how extensively the
aduIteration of food is carried on.
The criticism of the present laMty OF
law on the subject and the advocacy OF
national legislation without delay comes
from a well-known scientific lnVesuga-
tor of New York city, DR.. Leon l.. wal
ters. who has made an extensive re-
search in the line of the rure food
crusade in that city.
DR.. Walters Research.
He says: The results of my work
have brought to light the existence OF
evils such as would surprise even you
who are chemists / think l am juSuhed
in saying that the pernicious habit is on
the increase, and the brazen effrontery
with which it is carried on indicates the
Indulgence of the American public
Labels have come 10 mean nothing
doubt if pure Olive oil is TO be found
in the market. Cottonseed oil Is almost
universally sold under that name
have found In many cases that low
priced vinegar is fortified by the addl-
ton of mineral acid Cocoa is adulterat-
ed by an excessive amount OF starch or
with ground shells or sugar.
1T is an old, old story that ground
coffee is mixed with powdered hog, s
liver and chicory. While even the whole
coffee bean is duplicated by an artlnclaI
article of such form as to defy casual
detection.
No Pure Maple Syrp.
pure maple syrup is almost an un-
known quantity. and only at the time OF
this writing / had the means at hand
of proving conclusiYely that well
known brand was being manufactured
by boiling sugar, syrup and glucose with
chips of maple wood.
Whisky has been. and is now being
manufactured by the use OF so-called
| beading oils with various taTors and
caramel coloring. The greater part OF
1 the gin consumed IN this country has
never been prepared from juniper Der
ries.
Il have in my possession samples OF
| borax delivered to New York marked
| Pure Pacific Coast BoraX' which con-
tanned not tract of that substance
| Drugs and Medicines.
lone of the most nefarious operations
| OF the adulteration is in connection with
drugs and medicines Drugs often fa1
to act as they should, and this IS due
to adulteration. For instance, two years
ago an investigation showed that phen-
acetine pills sold in New York were
mixed with acetiniiid-
Green soap is seldom made as direct
ed by the pharmacopoeia. Even quininf
4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09
Great Grief ana Head shaving.

Among the ancients shaving the head
was a very common mode Of express
ing great gricf'o II sorrow. Sometimes
it was done 10y the priest or some o.hcr
religious functlonary formally cutting
off the hair, sometimes by Violently
plucking it out by the roofs. In eX-
IRENE cases among men the beard as
well as the hair was either cut off o.
plucked out. The Idea GEMS to have
been that mOurners should diyest them
selves of that which under ordinary
circumstances was considered most
beautiful, ornamental and becoming.
Lucian-and lie Is not the only %
the ancient writers by any mea who
gives points on this queer mourning
custom-says that the Egyptians e.
pressed their intense sorrow by cutting
off the hair upon the death of their god
Apis and that the Syrians acted in the
same manner ut the death of Adonls.
Olympiodorus remarks concerning
Job /, 20, hat the a%ncients, among
whom long hair was regarded as an or
nament, cut 1t off in times of mourn
ing, but that those who commonly
wore it short suffered It upon such oc-
caslons to grow long.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09
Saved His Life.

J. w. Davenport, Wingo, KY, writes,
June 14,19O2: II want TO tell you | be-
lieve Billiards. Snow Liniment saved
my life. | was under tho treatment of
two doctors, and they told me n of
my lungs was gone and the other bad
ly affected | also had a lump on my
side. / don't think that | could have
lived over two months longer. | was
induced by a friend to try Billiards.
Snow Liniment. The first application
gave me great relief; two fifty cent
bottles cured me sound and well.
1t is a wonderful medicine and !
recommend it to suffering humanity.
Sold by City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

You can apply ManZan inside, right
where the pain Is. II is put up in
c|ollapsible tubes with nozzle attach
ment for introducing it. ManZan stops
pain instantly and cures all kinds of
blind, bleeding, itching and protruding
piles. Sold by City Drug Store,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09
Cures ChlIIs and Fever.

G. w. Writ. N~acogdoches, Texas,
says: His daughter had chills and fe-
yer for three years; he could not find
anything that would help her till he
used Herbine. His wife will not keep
house without it. and cannot say too
much for it." soc. Sold by w. b.
Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09
Neuer AL Advice

When you have a cough or cold
don't ask what is good for 1t and get
some medicine with little or no merit
and perhaps dangerous. Ask for Fo
lows Honey and Tar, the greatest
throat and lung remedy, it cures
coughs and colds quickly. Sold by the
City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

Do you feel broken down and does
your system need nourlshment. Just
take Man-Er-Vine Tablets, the worlds
greatest remedy for the nerves, brain
and blood, and watch results. DOC.
City Drug Store, w. B. Frame, prop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

Our buggies are standard brands,
the guarantee that goes with them
will stick. You Lake a mistake wnen
you buy from Ln' "uggy "eddler.
NOBLE BROS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

Purity of drugs, etc, good values
and superior service are three things
that make our store a popular place
at which to trade.
s +. j. RAMSEY, Druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

There is an understood difference
between a good man and a good fel'
low"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

Children pretend they are jealous
and grown-ups that they are aren't.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

L1u can make the terms when yot
rug Z bugEy from us. NOBLE BROS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-10-09

The Ardmoreite for all the news.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28

ment by the students to have general good
time and benefit the athletic association of the
university. This event of events in Cornell col
lege life is best described by the brief notice sent
out by the committee in charge as follows BE
ing humble effort on the part of the Cornell
undergraduates to have good time and Incl
dentally to extract from themselves and from
their friends few shekels, to be employed for
the support of their various athletic teams in
their endeavOr to bring added glory and renown
TO their beloved alma mater"
For more than week in advance rehearsals
had been held, and little before IL o'clock on
Thursday morning the assembly of performers
which had cOngregated at a remote end of the
campus started out on their ''pee-rade" to the
show grounds. The line was headed by the
Ithaca band, followed by a troup of sailors in
white big bullfight advertised as the
main feature of the days performance and the
matadOrs and all the rest of the boodthirsty
troup were next in line. Little Eva the bull"
was conspicuous by it's absence, and the crowd
expecting to see it led along in triumph was dis
appointed. 1t explained that it was far too
savage to be exposed to the excitement of the
crowd
A troup of energetic tramps came next Their
efforts We're principally confined to forcing or
cajoling tribute from the spectators for tha
privilege of seeing gorgeous and pretentious
a spectacle. Another band heraIded the ap-
proach of a giant giraffe that lowered far above
the heads of the common mortals in his vicinity
and whose head was supported by a long fish
pole sy an obliging attendant His dignity was
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
4 RATTLESNAKE HUNT.
Nineteen Of the VenOmOus Reptiles
Caught or Killed.

Kent Conn, May 27.-There were nineteen less
rattlesnakes in the SchaghtIcook rattlesnake den
when the annual hunt OF the Schaghticook Rat
uesnake Club was over last Sunday. and the
closest call to fatality in the history of the
club was made a matter of record.
The hunt was under the direction of George
Coggswell, president of the club. and Dr. John
Munroe, of South Kent, assisted by '.Shans''
Wheeler. of Stratford, Conn. About forty others
took part.
Every one was protected by high top boots or
bagging wound about the legs and fastened with
string. Each hunter carried an ash pole about
eight feet long. at one end of which there was
small crotch.
DR.. Muaroe was the first to call out: I've got
a big one!"
There was scramble over the jagged rocks to
see the first capture On top of a fat rock a big
yellow rattler had been warming his back in the
sun and DR. Munroe had pinned him fast with
his fork of ash before he could crawl out Of the
way.
While the snake held by the crotched
stick, about six inches back of his head. Wheeler
reached down and enC1rcled the snakes neck
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
GEN. SLOCUM IN BRONZE.
President to attend UnUeiIing of the
Statue IN BROOKLYN.

On Tuesday President Roosevelt will come to
this city to attend the unwilling of the $4,000
equestrian statue of General Henry w. Slocum,
designed by Frederick MacMonnes, and stand
ing on a commanding site at Bedford-ave- and
the Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. Governor Hig-
gins and Mayor Mcclellan are also among those
invited to the exercises on Memorial Day.
Both the President and the Governor will deliver
addresses and the Mayor will accept the statue
On behalf of the city. The statue will be
yelled by Miss Gertrude Slocum, the fifteen
year-old granddaughter of the general.
The statue is of bronze and of heroic size.
Mounted on a high pedestal It presents a strik-
ing appearance. The right hand holds sword
loft and in the left are the reins restraining the
impatient charger The gaze of the general is
fixed the distance and into the whole bear
ing of the figure the sculptor has endeavored to
throw an expression of combined eagerness and
;-rim purpose such as animated Slocum when, as
colonel of the 9th New-York Volunteers, he led
his regiment into the fight at the first battle of
Bull Run in which he was severely wounded, or
when, as a general he spurred on his troops in
the battles of Gaines's Mill. Malvern Hill, the
second Bull Run. South Mountain, Antietam,
Charlottesville and Gettysburg.
AS commander of the Goth Army Corps,
General Slocum took part in the capture and
occupation of Atlanta, and during Sherman's
march to the he had command of the left
wing until after Johnston's surrender at Dur
ham Station. Resgning from the service in
1860, he resumed the practice of law in Brook
yn. He was elected to Congress in 1868 and
1870 and again in 1884 His death occurred in
1854
When the unveiling takes place on Tuesday it
will reveal the statue of young and vigorous
nan, and this it is anticipated may evoke some
criticism from those who knew General Slocum
a citizen and older man in the post-bellum
days. Those who active in the movement
for the erection of the statue feel that in justice
t. the sculptor an explanation on this head is
due The question whether the general should
Ne represented as a young man or as he ap-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
IN UNFAIR EXCHANGE.

William Jefferson is the most careful dresser
IN the family of the famous actor, Joseph JEFF
erson. He buys bright colored waistcoats ana
gay socks, and it is the delight of his family to
poke fun at his fondness for clothes. Again
and again he has brought home some new bit
Of fuery, only to see it worn the next day by
some other member of the family who has
fiIched il from his room. Last summer the fam
i'll spent part of the time at a watering place
which was sixteen miles distant from town of
any size. Nevertheless when William saw that
Ms trousers needed pressing he was willing to
trolley the thirty-twO miles there and back to
get the job done properly. Just as he started
for the car with his bundle his father Joseph
jefferson, called him into his room on the pre-
tCnce that he had errand for his son to do
in town. Coming out, William grabbed up the
bundle and ran for the On reaching the
tailor shop he carefully unrolled the bundle TO
display pair of disreputabIe trousers which he
never wore except for tramping through the
woods. He was at loss to account for the ex-
change of trousers until he had travelled back
the sixteen miles and encountered the smiling
faces of the family waiting on the porch to well
come him home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
CORNELL STUNT SHOW.
Remarkable Bull Fight and Other
Pleasing Performances.

Ithaca, May 27.-An Cornell undergraduates
and all others who could spare the time were
massed in the campus green in front of Sibey
College last week, where the Spring Day Stunt
Show held, to behold the wonders that
could be produced by the university when the
students had once determined TO win renown
in the circus line. 1t was concentrated move
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28

feared in the later years of his life in Brooklyn
received much consideration, and faithful por-
trayal of the general as he WAS in the Civil War
decided on. it being argued that the statue
Should properly be one of General Slocum rather
than of Citizen SlOcum.
OF the generals children one son, Henry w.
Slocum, Of Manhattan, and a daughter. Mrs.
Kingsbury, of Washington, wife of Lieutenant
Colonel KIngsbury, of the army, will be present
At the unveiling of the statue. Clarence r
Slccum another son, is United States Consul at
Warsaw Poland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28

with his hand directly hack Of his head. The
novlces shuddered when Wheeler grabbed the
snake, but when they heard his reassuring,
Why, that's safe enough. No danger" they
breathed easier, but it looked dangerous and
later in the hunt it did prove to be decidedly
dangerous The snake was put in 4 bag and,
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