Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-26
RECEIVERS FROM
BITE OF INSECT
Kaiser Said 20 Be in Normal Health
but Doubt Exists.
STRAIN OF FUNERAL TELLS
True Condition is Held as q
Secret.
HIS DOCTORS ARE ANXIOUS
Emperor's Income is Second on High
List
KOCH AND SLEEPING SICKNESS
Eminent Medical Man InVestiGHtes
African Insect Theory and is
Hailed as Deity.
KOCH AND SLEEPING SICKNESS

by MALCOLM CLARK.
BERLIN, June 25-(Special Dispatch to
Tho BeeN-Officialy the kaiser has re-
covered from the inability caused by tho
bite of an insect and is in normal health.
In well informed circles however this OF
fetal declaration of the kaiser's return ia
health Is taken with a good deal OF allow
ance.
Despite the popular belief to the con-
trary, the kaiser has never enjoyed robust
health. and he has always had TO take the
greatest care of himself. The strain of thu
funeral Of King Edward told rather sew
erely upon the emperor. since he had not
been in the best of health for some little
time previously.
The utmost care is taken to prevent the
true state Of affairs becoming known to the
outside world, but those few personages
who have seen the kaiser since his return
to his capital have been greatly struck
with his careworn expression and the eN-
IRENE irritability that he displays. Several
consultations of the court physicians have
taken place, but the real nature OF his
maiesty's complaint is very carefully con-
cealed Under these circumstances 1t is
not surprising that the most disquieting
rumors are afloat in Berlin at the present
moment
1t is not believed that there Is any inn
mediate danger of his majesty having to
give up public duties, but that his condi-
ton is giving physicians and his family
much concern may be accepted as true.
KnIaer's Annual Allowance.
The recent action Of the Prusslan Diet
in increasing the civil list approximately
So. OOO0 900 a year gives the German emperor
| the second largest income of any European
ruler. The car of Russia. with a civil
list of SS,5OO.0O0 leads them all.
DIR. KOch's Personality.
DR.. Koch, the famous bacteriologist.
whose reath occurred recently, was one OF
the. most remarkable OF scient1sts of recent
years. He was known as 'the man with
out personality on account OF his cold.
! scientific nature. Everything with him
was matter for research, and he seemed
almost devoid Of human emotions.
| II was, OF course. as bacteriologist that
| he achieved his fame and he caused q
| tremendous sensation some time ago when
| he stated that he had discovered the
! bacillus of consumption. DIR. Koch had an
enthusiastic admrer in the kaiser, and It
Is said that it was due to the kaiser's in
| fluence that the doctor announced his dis
covery to the world, although at the time
the lymph that was to work such miracles
was not absolutely perfected. Unfortun-
ately. the wonderful "cure" for consump-
ton was proved to be no mracle-worker
after ALL and the great white scourge IL
still a terror to the human race.
OF late years Dr. Koch had devoted him
self to the study of sleeping sickness. He
| spent a long time experimenting in East
Africa and came to the conclusion that
the disease was spread by small insect
which lived principally crocodiles'
blood. The doctor believed that the dis
ease would be practically stamped out II
all the crocodiles were destroyed.
While in Africa DR. Koch's fame was so
| great that the natives would send mes
sages hundreds OF miles to ask him 10
visit their sick friends. In one village the
chief treated the doctor as a kind Of deity
and even went so far as to worship his
| scientific instruments.
Mayor an Acrobat.
| An entertaining variation on the methods
| usually employed for the collection OF sub
| scriptons has been introduced by the
| acrobatc burgomaster, or mayor, Of
Posen Herr Wins. Meeting at an even
| ing reception a rich merchant who was
not particularly distinguished for his gem
crosby to good works, the burgomaster APP
! preached him with the remark, II want
! you to give me $3.50 for our town char
| tiles"
|
chant replied, you can stand on your head
before you get any money out OF me-" No
sooner were the words out of his mouth
than. to his bewilderment-which was
shared by the other guests in the crowded
! room-the burgomaster carefully placed his
hands on the carpet and with the mayoral
legs gracefully elevated in the air, passed
in an inverted attitude out of the room.
Returning a moment later he claimed
his $3.50 fee for the performance and was
handed check by the amazed merchant.
school of saIeamanship.
The latest development in German educa-
ton is a school for the purpose Of teaching
shop assistants how TO behave properly
to customers.
Shop assistants. It is considered, should
learn not only the intricacies Of their
| respective trades, but also the way to be-
have in dealing with customers how to
talk nicely and agreeably, how to bow
gracefully, how to treat ill-tempered Gus
toners how to conduct an animated con-
versation without undue familiarity and
so forth.
The underlying idea of the new school 10
to improve business. as shown by the fact
that the cost Of conducting 1t is borne by
the shopkeepers themselves who are con-
WINGED that we'll trained and polished shop
assistants can sell more goods than those
who have received no special instruction
In this branch OF their activity.
Comfort for Volunteers.
The German emperor has issued an
order forbidding commanding officers TO
allow "one-year volunteers" who serve at
their own expense TO quarter themselves
| during manoeuvers at their own charges
at hotels or other places where more COM
g. IL.
is provided for ordinary soldiers. They
| will now be required TO live In barracka