Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-22
lark DAYS FOR A RULE
Physician Forced Him to Take Exer.
else, az He Has Been Growing to a
Shadow of Former self-sad Over
News That Ikons Had Been Lost.

But even in the Petcrhuf district do.
! miciliury visits were paid To every
resident, and all passports were veri
| fled before the Cars change of palace.
| All beggars were removed from the
| roads leading to TSarskoc Sclo, and all
vessels, except the government guard
boats were ordered from the waters
in front Of the Pcterhuf Palace.
| 1t is learned OH good authority that
Tor months past Nicholas ii has been
| suffering from severe fits of nervous
| depression. A friend of DR.. Hirsch
the Empcror's own physician, states
That Nicholas is spending much of his
| time III reading comments about him
self and his policy in the Far East, in
foreign newspapers
Many months ago the Car gave rig.
orous instructions that. under no cir.
cumStanccs, were his foreign ncwspa.
pcrs to be tampcred with or censored"
by any of his secretaries at is good
to hear what my enemies have to say"
he is reported to have said. Even the
crown does not protect II Car from
misrepresentation"
Greets His Children.
Nicholas IL seldom goes to sleep be-
lore o'clock in the morning, and as
he is called ut o'clock, he does not
light breakfast and then proceeds
to the nursery to say Good morning
TO the baby CZarcvitch and his little
girls. 1t Is said that, whereas Nicho.
las was formerly most regular in his
| meal hours, he now takes food at ir-
| regular intervals, and only when
forced to do SO by the Czarina. The
Car is shadow of his former self.
During the few days directly proceed.
Ing the publication of the news of All
| miral Rojcstvrnsky's disaster, the Car
has been in somewhat better spirits
The news of the defeat caused par
| oNyms of mingled rage and fear The
| Emperor is said to have trcmblcd VIC
lcntly, repeatedly cxclaiming: "All is
)vcr! All is lost!" II was Il particul
iarly heavy blow tn Nicholas When -
learned that the precious ikons pre-
scented by himself to the officers and
men Of the l}Orudino and Impcrator
Alexander III on the eve of their de-
parture for tho Far East had gone to
the bottom of the sea.
| Much dissatisfaction is said to have
existed among the gentlemen and In.
dies i'll waiting on the Car and Gear
| ina that the Russian court should have
remained SO long at 'rsarsltoc Sco
Every ono had long been hoping for
4 speedy change of air and scene but
J The Car apparently for the time being
considered himself comparatively Sc
cure i'll his own town." and in his
: own town only. Crsnrskoc Sclo is Rus
iian for Cars TOWN.
Fence Built Higher.
Nicholas III lives in constant terror
II assassination, and orders were given
shortly before his departure for the
| mil. AZ
rSaarSkoc Sclo to he heightened and
strengthened in various ways. at Pet,
crhof mantraps have hecn laid down
ma the palace fence bristlcs with
burglar alarms and ingenious electric
| contrivances.
| me palace precincts are alive with
soldiers. police, spies, and secret scrv-
ice agents, and the duty OF the last is
10 spy on AMI report the tlOings of the
| aforesaid soldiers. police and spies. No
one ut Pctcriof knows exactly whom
to trust Or what his neighbours hnsi-
ness is. The place might well be nam
cd the Palace OF Suspicion"
Early last month DIR. Hirsch ordered
his imperial master to take regular
walking exercise. but the Car did not
readily adopt the advice. DR. Hirsch
insisted, and now every morning Mich.
olas ii may be seen taking n consiitli.
tional in the gardens in company with
his physician.
Cars Favorte Flower.
The Cars private grounds arc look
ing their very hest. The gardens are
nblazc with laburnum, and the bcauti.
full purple of the lilac stands out from
4 background of emerald birch, fir and
oak. All the lawns are sprintlcd with
! cowslipS-Nicholas favoritc flower
! which along with many primroscs
were brought to Russia by The En-
press Maria, mother of Maria AlcXan-
drovna, who subsequently became the
wife of the Duke of Edinburgh
Strangely enough, although the cow
slips thrivcd exceedingly. every prm-
rose, without exception. died
According to n usually wcll-informc,l
correspondent, DR. IIirsch has impress
scd upon the Car the absolute ncccS.
sity for taking more active exercise in
inc open. Nicholas II, although very
fair player. soon tired of lawn tennis,
and about year ago he had cricket
pitch laid out in the park at Tsarskoc
Selo. Now he has had two of the
despised tennis courts at Petcrhof
transformed into Il cricket enclosure,
and last Tuesday an interesting match
took place, In which the Car was Top
scorer
Full details of the match were not
allowed to transprc, but, according to
high official in close touch with the
court, there were only five players on
either side. a soft India rubber ball
was used, both sides folded. and tho
bowlcrs were SO frightened Mt the idea
oil hitting the Emperor by accident
that. withnut exception they one and
all Intentionally BOWED widc-Wnsh.