The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-08-09
FOREIGN NOTES.

rent his escape from Persia, but the prccaution
seems to hc needless. for he Ia drunk all the time
CLASSY eyes and his heavy, sensuous lips, show the
life he leads His followers see with
iismay that he Is fast becoming wreck.
o. At Sudun, In the Chinese province OF Kuldja, n
recent traveller saw Manchu, Chinese painter, at
work In the street "whose pencil explained to me
he want OF perspective apparent in certain class
VI chinese paintings for the simply dipped the
lip OF his finger In the indian Ink and rubbed II
round and round on the tablet till he made his pic
urc, and only then touched II up with his brush.
Afer seeing which maryeled not, "a had hitherto
lone, at the clumsness OF the production, but that
In such manner and so rapidly the artist should
have been able to produce anything so good"
Russian military bulletins seem TO be about as
trustworthy as Russian diplomacy. twill be rcmem
oered that Gen. Komaron's report of the Pcnldeh
battle represented the Russian loss as very slight
The London Tines's correspondent with the Afghan
boundary Commission writes from the camp near
Herat as follows: can tell you truly that the AZ
9hans, In spite OF wet old muzzle-loaders and their
small undscpllned force OF only nineteen hundred
regulars, Killed three hundred Russians, ana not
thirty, as asserted Gen. Komaro, for reasons best
to himself, wonld appear to have concealed @
among the Cossacks and Turcomans.'
DIR. Lansde mentions In Central Asia curious re-
mains OF Calmuck nation, which, In 1866, num-
bered three.quarters of a million sous, but was
almost annihllated by the Chinese. All that is left
to recall them is quantity OF circular mounds from
ten to one hundred feet In diameter, surrounded by
rows OF stones some OF the latter have rudely
carved cal figures OF warriors, apparently ieasilng;
In the right hand cup, In the left the handle OF
sword, which passes through the belt. They are re.
cumbent, and their heads show number Of small
plalts Of hair unlike those OF modern Mongols
Moscow has an enormous new cathedral built In
the Grmco-Byzantine style, which covers 10000
square feet and has cost sie,oO0,00O. 1t has i've
cupolas, on which 300 pounds of gold were used as
Embellishments, and thirteen BELLS the largest half
largest door weighs thirteen tons and cost s3io0o0
The marble In the building cost $l,5oo,ooo The
Rev: Dr. Lansdell says: ~ have seen most of the
nothing so exquisite as st. Savlour's. 1t reminded
me most of the interior Of Santa Sophia at Constan
tinople' i Is said to be capabs of accommodating
Recent excavations at Rome have established the
fact that the platform called The Rostrums, from
the fact that II was ornamented with the beaks
(rosird) Of naval vessels captured from neghbor
nation at a very early date, was eleven feet above
white marble slabs aud edged above with low
screen, Interrupted In the middle, where the speaker
SoS b. seen from head to foot by hs crow This
to be used by Antony 10 exhibit the corpse OF the
murdered dictator. II corresponds with two views,
one on the Arch OF Constantine, showing that EN-
peror speaking; the other bas-relief OF Trajan In
the same attitude and place. But besides the Ros-
ira Of Julius Caesar and his successors, the older
Rostra, as 1t may have been soon after Ii. G. 3)S,
when the naval battle Of Antium was fought and the
beaks captured. has been found In position behind
the later one. 1t is curved platform. faced with
Greek marbles, bearing the initials of the Greek
masons. This is built OF concrete, while the Rostra
OF Cesar Is OF travertlne, tufa, and brick work.
Professor Brugsch has Just returned to Berlin
from Persia where lie has spent some time collect
ing notes and materials for work on that country.
Among his collections Is volume of poems by the
shah, which he intends to translate, AMI tragedy.
He reports that oil plays In Persia are of religious
character; that no scenery Is used, forest being
indicated by some flowers and leaves scattered on
the floor, etc. There are only 250 Europeans resi-
dent In Persia The Shah has special prediction
for Prusslan Institutions. His soldiers wear the
same uniform rs the Prussians, and he has cadet
Berlin. The Professor found that many European
dishes could be had In Persia. Potatoes are COM
mon, and Strawberries have been Introduced
recently. The Persians are very fond of wild beasts
for pets. One day the Professor met on the side
walk man leading full-Rrown lion by rope; and
such sights, he says, are not uncommon. Electric
ight has been INTRODUCED especially In the theatres
but there are only two periodical papers in the whole
country.
Major Frederick Henry Maitland, who, by the de-
eisiOn of the Committee of Privilege In the House OF
Lords, has been declared the rghlful successor to
the eardom of Lauderdale, In the peerage OF Scot
land, (Which has been dormant since the death Of the
twelfth earl in August, lss4 s the cider of the
late Maj. Gen. Frederick Maitland, of the Indian
daughter Of Mr.. Stephen Williams, and was born on
the 10th OF December, 1S4O His great grandfather
Richard. the fourth surviving son Of Charles, the
sixth earl, died, captain IN the FOrty.thrd Regiment
Of Foot In 1779 having married two days before his
death Mary Ann Madam, with whom he had cohab
was the lawfulness Of this marriage which was A.
called In question, hut which has now been recog-
nized by the House Of Lords. The new peer entered
the Eighth HIssars In 1861, obtained a lieutenancy
In 1866, was promoted TO the rank of captain In 1879
and became major In the Bengal Staff Corps IN
1881 He has acted as political agent in Central In
da. His lOrdship has been twice married-.nrst, In
1864 to Charlotte Sarah, daughter OF the late Lieut.
Col. Sleigh, OF the Seyenty.seventh Regiment, and
secondly, In 1ss3 to Ada Twyford, daughter Of the
late Rev. Henry Trail simpson, rector of swindon
London Times.
The Times or India says: 4" So much interest has
been recently excited In the naval ornaments of the
principal seaport towns in India that perhaps may
interest some Of readers who are not already be-
hind the scenes to learn that the Indian government
have for some time past been celebrating system
OF torpedo Defense Specially selected officers of the
Royal Engineers have been stationed at Calcutta
RanRoon, Bombay, and Rurrachee, with compe
tent staff of European non. commissioned officers
and company OF native sappers and miners. "Sub.
marine mining and harb0r defenses" are specially
nrusted to these officers and their work supervised
by the inspector of submarine defenses. The es.
tablishment. exclusive OF the pay of the non-com-
missioned officers and men, amounts In Bengal Ia
RS. 90 ,320, In Madras to Rs 1880, and In Bombay
to RS. 29,la0-yearly RS. 1920. The inspector is iii
constant communication with the Admiralty a!
rnn Ge ana every Y new engine S 81 s6ma
mented upon. The department is In thoroughly
satisfactory state, and although, as might naturally
be expected, we are not at liberty TO state at what
stage the defenses have arrived, we may state that
the defenses are OF the most efficient stamp"
A new word, "decadentism," has. been added to
the French vocabulary 1t signifies kind OF FASH
ionable pessimism with literary or an artistic
gloss. In short, Is to the CarOism OF the salons
what the north pole Ia to the south. Caro- Is the
academclan whose lectures at the SorbOnne have
been followed for some winters by the most cuti-
vated Jeinmes du monde and the least fast COCO
dettes: He sets up to give them reason for at least
believing In god OF some sort. His deism does not
really come to more than this and give faithful,
II perhaps slightly Free translation of saying that
fell from his lips In his lecture-room. The atmo-
sphere there when he teaches Ia heavy with the
scent Of iiang ang. Caro- to speak in figure, has
undertaken to drown Schopenhauer for his fair
disciples In crystal vase hlled with rose-water.
lie Ia formed by nature to speak smooth things;
and yet he manages In his lux Of words aud highly
finished periods to make strong points. No French
i Ga 81 ae as al
O philosophical director, who supplements their
spiritual one. He breaches a dainty sort OF self
abnegatlOn or Lady BOuntfulism as The remedy for
SchOpenhauer who teaches that life Is purposeless
nightmare. The decadent is a pesanist of elegant
tastes and large income. His peHsimsm, fancy,
has its origin In luxurious dcjeuneys and diners de
trente-siE plats. The heavens seem to him hung
In black and he Ia too inert to bestr himself against
the Ills from which he suTers everything is bore.
The sight OF real gayety exasperates him. lie goes
to morphine parties, where he can slowly and GER
tainly obtain his quletus with the aid Of the syringe
i,,drdz, with which the drug IL Injected Into the
blood, Then he gets Into scml-i iethean condition.
life except living. When he takes to morphine he
knows that he must 20 ON with II TO the end There's
no use In trying to pull himself up The need for Il
as he goes on grows more Imperative and the relish
for the sort OF enjoyment produced ls keener. De.
cadentlsm has not yet found q bard; but II has a
pair of delicious satrlsts, whose light, flexible
verses sell faster than .0la's novels. They wrote
under the Joint name OF Adore Floupette.
Guarded aud moderate as were the words OF Lord
Salisbury on Monday and OF Lord Randolph Churchill
on Tuesday, they are equivalent In themselves, II
read with the slightest Intelligence and knowledge
Of the stuation to the outlining least Of very an
ferent policy from MIR. Gladstones, Of policy des-
tined to reverse and repair as far as may be the
bunderso Of the present opposition. Lord Randolph Is
distinct expression OF the disapproya with which he
and his colleagues regard the evacuation of Dom
gola the last mischief which their predecessors had
time to do, Ii more precise, but by no means more
algnihcant than Lord Sasburys own statement.