The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-07-19
FOREIGN NOTES.


Appearing suddenly last night before dIsop-
pointed audience, who had expected TO hear Nine.
Patti as MdrghsrRd In Faust Mile. Fohstrom
produced, all the same, IN excellent impression In
the part of Lucia. The Young Swedish prima donna
mas an engaging appearance. charming voice, aud
mas c,nen,,y studied IN we best school She WIZ
formance, given especially IN her honor. Nine.
Patti was prevented yesterday from singing hy an
at'ack of hoarsencss.-St, idUteS'S Gdfette J,dp2.
capital idea Is In working order n, the Hotel
Metropolis. revolving shelf has been nxcd near
TO the door OF each bedroom, and on TO this the
cupan of the room places his or her driy boots, and
turning the shelf around presents the boots for col
having to open the door and place ones boots on the
mat. In like manner when the visitor rings for hot
water the servant places II upon the revolving shell
ths deserves the thanks of all who live frequently
~ hotels, aud who are not always, while IN their
bed.tOoms, In state OF clothing which ought 10 bc
visible to the naked eye WhitehdN Rerie,c.
1t is complained, says the correspondent OF The
London Times at Vienna, that IN his relations with
the diplomatic body Lord Granville departed alto
gciher from the traditions of the Foreign once by
shellcring hts responsibility constantly behind that
OF the Prime Minister. nia,ory In his replies
variable In his moods, taking up high ground today
aud abandoning 1t suddenly tomorrow, Lord Gran.
VILE, II Is said, conveyed TO most tlplomatsis The
live on good terms with his colleagues than to learn
what was best for his country. and to do II hts
own responsibility relying his colleagues and his
country TO support him.
The highest honorarlum ever paid for literary
work will probably be that 10 be given on December
l, 1875, ut st. Petersburg namely, &l.i5a, ,000.
shortly after hts death, NJ. Araptcheen. the we'll
known founder of Novvorod ,n,,,,orv colonies an
Old friend anil adviser Of IN, "zaT s,exsnIc,, an
deposited in 1893 sum OF {3i,5v0 IN cash In the
Imperial Russian Bank. In accordance with his
,es,acy s.,, mar uspos,,nn, ,nis @ iunu " eu 70 accu
during The lime. 10 be handed 10 The wri,er who Wi,
publish on December /, ip25, the centenary Of ihr
ueath OF tue Emperor Alexander, the best history OF
. n'n ~ ,nS ~ ~, rs.rso"'g AcaenS o' Sc'ence 10
" 'N
The latest returns regarding the damage ccca.
stoned bv the cartbuuaLe In cashmere on NAV n
s,.,, en-, 80 ", no. ", oe, - -, ","' ~ 600 40
s.ae ''e 'ss w c w ',v,' PERSONS, oesues zo'Voo
dwellings ruined ia compu,ed TO reach Js.ooo A
,orrespopdent Of Tho ,r,rutta t,,o,jsh,o, w,i,,r,
~, ,ha ,s, -, ,,na ,'a a, ,r,, Nv 49, u,
ahe apPsars !" nave conccn,IMeu itsel, at certain
i', IN @ shu % .m..s w maac sIe, user. ncsc spols
,,, v"h w ~ .aougn 'arge amount OF gaseous matter
unusr .ne earn nau, WIN me slremgih oi dynamite,
, NV, w., a "n,ie,, AM nau orh anu ac.
c,a,c" @ % .me e,ounu w tme po'nt wnete ~ ioumd an
SUI 'nt ,, eat,n auJaeh, ncng SrackSo an1 spi''
hmped An upo ,po hsa ti, rV @ .me % moes W na,ue W.
an sopns ,nS Woap S We mot iwSm
n,hsr ,,an Ky ,, ~, @ , u,..ou."sn; % s,;
n.m.' p,uocs wv slue u, Ncrucy scraneu nlli nbs
ur - suvu ,r VI, ~ ~ ny 'hS guV'mc Inc car'n 70
i,' tns ~, ne p'se. Somc n.lslncs ave nny
nary landslip Near IaIledurah village three cnor-
nous chasns have been formed, one about three:
,an, VI n,',e oroam @ anu ~ Ieet ueep MOI N
forming a french 100 Yards iyiny ~ fect ,ecn md
30 feet wide"
The following Is from private letter written a,
uerat ON the ilth OF Nav by Mai Holdtch, r. E
when he visited that city, accompanied by Col
Stewart and Capt. Peacocke, r. e: "The uerat de
lenses are by no means to he despsed even as the,
n, and and hone ere long ,bev will he r,auv ror
,,,,., W., -. ~. 80, .o,s ,aey ""' y. 'ea-iy ~ .
vas aimus entnusiastlc. rue hapulli soluery espe
ciaiiy eSpresscd ,neir pleasure at having British
me as having been in Ka6ul, and some fell out tt
sdiaam anu make themselves clvu: The Mullahs
700, ate uh9ouoteay on our SIDE ana II was HAPPY
OH ior mera, INA. britisn om,cers nad entered
ycI wien we started we hardly expected to be al
lowed 10 approach the city even IL Is mistake 10
suppose that Herat is ruined city. There is a
places put on tne whole they are certainly no wors
taan tney were when sanders reported on then
s n better repair tnan any Persian city he has seei
except Mesneu. we roue tnrongh miles OF bazaar
yaris These were not placed there for our &c
| CURLY. Ihey are always on duty. The Governo
entertained US most royalty, anu the commaDderin In
Sniei lnerestcd nimselt vastly In our proceedings
Nothing was kept back or hidden from us-wc know
ali aoout now anu tne success OF our Visit IL YER
satisfactory. h-London pdHy Se,rs.
| The Polyphemus carried out some mos, ,p,eres,
| inc oxrer,,nen,a vos,ord,y as,arnnnn S,.ai,ns- =
~ nv W. ap ~ s nu.s' she was a,aoAe
in, N o,r,. ,hon, In ~, ,..., ~, " ..n 49,
sn1.n,,,, ..u,,n -, o., I'c.I, ". .nV ,s"it
oi,,.as s,n 80, -. "no "as lue' ~
| ~, ,,, - - ,t,,,,' ' vas ie,na' n"
~ 80. ~ ~ .,',.' VIZ us,nai se
aoa,s D. n,.,n,,, o,,,,,. w,n ~. ..e ueien
~ 'o",a ~, ~ 49,, .,n..s. " n.i ns'. sne
IL was The very closest of shaves az the to,reo mi
| missed striking her by about a yard. This wat
however, out one part OF the duties imposed on tn
,hn a; & sne W was @ w. ses 10 steam staignt
tentjop OF getting her screw foued ar beinp
| up ul standing by the resistance 1t might ofTel
| While doing this she could not in the nature q
things alter her course, aud the tenth torpedo src
her. But as for the boom, II might just as well hav
been an imaginary line laid OH the surface OF IN
sea for any effect II had on the rushing course of tn
| spars from bowsprits to royal yards nets and o
| the other ingenious iupediments were as thong
| they were not. Straight through them ali steame,
| reached the boom II the torpedo that struck he
had been a live one. ON the other hand, tlIe boa
that carried the torpedo would never have been Al
lowed to get within striking distance of the ram
| actual warfare. Yet, again, II the Polyphemu
| had been attacked by the torpedo boats on dar
night, all the seamaushp OF Cant Jcfireys wOuI
have been competent to enable her to elude the Il
| those circumstances invisible Whieheads. Ther
would have been no fOamy track OF air-bubbles to
seen and the probability il that taken by snrprs,
| no ship is match for a nsh torpcdO-LoHdo
| Times Berelinren CorTesDondeacs .Jt1BI
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| ,rr. ono, fran, p,,, ,,, 49,, ,,. ,.-
| NEWS coiheS iroii Berlin tua' 'he long coh'eH
plated shpcanal from the Baltic, through Holster
| to the North Sea Ia at last likely TO he made Jl
cost of the undertaking ia estimated at nearly e,yt
| III, - ~ ,'s s, - ~ '. " i' .'su
mhllohs s'erhng' vi "hc" ohe''uirn ~ 10 pe ooth