The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-09-06

Russian capitalists have sent agents to Alaska to
select site Tor Russian colony. II Is said that the
large valley Of North Ska has been selected for this
purpose, and that Immigration from Russia will be-
gin next spring.
Mr.. Thom,s Hughes, (''Tom Brown of England,
Is paying visit to this country In quest OF material
for a"Life OF Peter Cooper on which he has been
engaged for some time. lie has been inspecting the
many priced mementoes OF , Mi Copper In the
son-in-law and former partner.
Speaking OF the Garfield Monument in Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco paper wonders why II Is
sculptors generally select for their models frock-
coats OF the extreme rural PATTERN slovenly In the
collar baggy In the sleeves, loose at the shoulders
dragging across the back, and wrinkcd In The Skirts
rs II the owner had Travelled to his historic pedestal
by stage, or used his outer garment as pillow.
The Washington Lee University, at Lexington, Va,
has at present productive cndowmcnts amounting
TO $4s0000, and other which will
IN raising the aggregate to 100000. OF these
amounts the eminent philanthropls, George Peabody,
Of this city, t9SooO Besides this Mr. Corcoran IRE,
scented to the University fine classical library pur-
chased by him at great cost.
Mrs. Langtry and MIR. Gebhard have been having
high old time at Boulogue. They paid day visits to
the gambling tables at the Casino, AMI visited the
public danctng-room by gaslight. As they were
walzing together Fred came tumbling down and
the Lily came tumbling after The Casino has since
heen thronged OF an evening, with the hope Of wilt
Messing similar performance. The LILY wore white
stockings on the occasion, secured by carriers of a
style that dazzed the eyes OF the fortunate behold
crs.
When William L. Marcy was Secretary OF State he
wrote his celebrated instructions to American Min
listers abroad to do the then prescribed diplomatic
costume, and appear at court +" In the simple dress
anan was our Minister to England, and had much
diplomatic controversy with English conrt officials
finally appeared in se drawinrroo resse a as
usual In black pants and swallOw-tal coat, with a
white vest, and yard or so OF white neckcoth, but
armed with straight raper, glr around his lolns.
Bishop Turner, a prominent colored divine OF
Georgia, has advised the young men OF his race to
depart from the cities where they congrega,e, give
up bootblacking and mental occupations, and 90
West and secure homesteads, and begin to work for
themselves. He thinks that their present occupa-
tOns are such as to render the advancement OF the
race impossible, and that education will not improve
their condition, unless they abandon mental pursuits
+" You might" says Bishop Turner, "take the
brightest young man In Georgia, and let him come
out OF Harvard or Yale with diploma as large as q
al e hs ak nix f three
for life"
An amusing story is told in yachting circles about
the veteran politician, anancer, and sportsman, Will
liam II. Travers, OF New York. just before the
cruise OF the New York Yacht Club he met an
him 500 to SIS that the Genesta would beat any
yacht the New York Yacht Club might select to
have to take youn replied MIR. Travers, as promptly
as his natural impediment Of speech permitted
money was being put MI, Trayers said: " Let us go
snow" exclaimed Mr.. Travers, warming up with
the excitement OF the occasion, "let us go IL ten
times over" The Englishman politely declined.
Inhis paper on "The Siege Of vcksburg," just pub
lished In the Century Magazine, Gen. Grant pays a
deserved tribute to Gen. +. p Blair. 81 had known
Gen. Blair In Missouri" writes Gen. Grant, "where
had voted against him for Congress In 1853. knew
him as frank, positive, and generous man. true 10
1slnr
dreaded his coming; knew from experience that IL
was more difficult to command two generals desiring
intelligenty and with subOrlnaton. II affords me
the greatest pleasure to record now my agreeable
disappointment In his character. There was no man
Drawer than he, nor was there any who obeyed all
orders of his superior in rank VIII more unquestiOn-
ing aacrity. He was one man asa soldier, another
as a politician
An anecdote is told of the late Baron Rothschild
which illustrates the acuteness of the great money
lender. French usurer asked the Baron how TO
proceed o IN the case y nnbeman to whom he had
acknowedsment Of the debt write to
francs aHa he us owes you" But he only owes me
Joined the Baron, and he will write ana tell you so,
and thus you will get his acknowledgement An
other anecdOte. printed some time since and prOba.
bly, forgotten, illustrates more forclbly the Barons
asfuteDess aud characteristic humOr. Several Com
munisic sans cutottes once penetrated the llarons
private office, and In plain language told him that
his wealth was ill-g0tten; that the existing in
equality OF conditions In France was wrong u prin-
ciple, and That he must divide. " At how much do
you estimate my wealth. citizens 2? replied the great
money-ender. zone hundred million francs" said
the Communists. The Baron made brief calcula-
ton, took ont some small coins from the drawer of
his desk, and said: "Therc are 81, 900 people In
France; my fortune distributed among them would
give two francs and eghiy-nve cenlmcs to each.
Here Is your share. GOod-day."
The" America Cup to be raced for by the Puritan
and Genesta Is piece OF solid silver In the form of
an ever, deliberately Ornamented, AMI worth six
hundred dollars. 1t was won by the schooner
America In race around the Isle Of Wight, having
been offered as an international prize by the Royal
Yacht Squadron of England the owners of the
America, regarding 1t the emblem Of the yachting
supremacy Of the world decided In 1851 to make II
a perpe ual challenge cup, and accordingly gave 1t
to the New York Yacht Club for that purpose
since then 1t has been raced for four tes In 1870
by the English yacht Cambria, In 1871 by the
l.vonla, built especially to make the contests, and
In 1851 by the Countess OF Dutfern and Atalanta,
Canadian yachts In all these the challeDgers failed
aud the cup remained with the New York Yacht
Club The race OF 1870 was against the New York
Yacht Club neet, corresponding with the original
races at COwes, where the America sailed against
the race of 1871 seven trials were proposed, but
the Liyona lost three races to the Columbia and two
to SapphO and only won one trial, only five trials
were had. In 1876 the Madeline won easily, az did
the Mischief In 1881. The Genesta was built to take
the trophy, and the Puritan was built by Boston
yachtslnen, and the Priscilla by New York yachts
men TO defend II,