The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-22

found lin the van.
1t is reported that Sir Frederick Leighton, presi
dent OF the English Royal Academy, will shortly ex
press In one OF the monthly reviews his views con-
corning the study OF the nude In Its relation TO art
lie Will deal with the subject more exclusively
than II has yet been treated by the artists whose
opinions on the matter have lately been made public
"None but the Oldest comrades and closest per-
sonal friends says the London World, would now
presume to address the new commandments In
India by the familiar, aiTectonate sobriqtef OF his
early d1s IL fey s yeaTs has
b., q. C. s. I. Tituar dlgnities have changed, but
not the man. He ia still the hard-ieaturod, hard
headed soldier, 1.-THE. active, compact In form, with
clear, strong voice and penetrating eyes, showing
but small signs OF aye beyond the now grzSlng hair
lowest grades was slow Roberts has risen 80 rapidly
through the highest that he IL now called to the
greatest functions while still, comparatively speak
ing, young mau"
n Morgdgnt Of October reports that DR.. Freite,
of Rio Janeiro, has inocuated more than 300 per-
sons with the cultured liquid of the yellow-fever
microbe. Such NEGOTIATIONS are performed with
five or six puncures in one arm, and In few hours
afterward the pitient complains of headache and
blckache, with slight rise OF temperature. Nausea
and vomiting occur In rare cases These symptoms
sometimes Inst w ann nays Sns
practlced on individuals who were In the centre OF
The Infected locality. None OF them died, aud only
very few presented mid forms OF yellow fever. On
the other hand 200 deaths from yellow fever occurred
in about three months among non-vaccnated per-
who lived with those who had been vacclnated.
Three statues have Just been brought to light
from the cellars underneath the old Courts Of Law
at Guildhal, London. where they have been hidden
for many years. They formerly stood in front Of
Gulldt all Chapel, AMI are llfe-slze representations
OF King Edward vi, King Charles l. aud his consort,
lnn~r IN hnrt ehr,.N
tisic merit, the figure OF Charles in arnlor being
particularly effective. The statues are only slightly
nrt with ah those oer 'ls numpe removed an from
Temple Bar, which now stand close beside them In
the vacant ground behind the Guildhall They are
serve, they donbt will receive safe custody in
the corporation museum at Gudhall.
"The Brigade Of Guards, who approach most
nearly 10 the Ideal wooden soldier, suffer most from
heart and lung diseases, and they also follow out
most closely the drill regulations says NJ. Labou-
chere. 81 remember few years ago watching a
particularly smart young sergeant ofne Coldstreams
Ggurs, and the s,rict way In which he made his men
hold themselves must have becn treat 10 soldiers
eye. Apparently he was the very picture OF rude
health, being brOad-chesied and deep voiced. Feel
Ing Interested In him, conversed with him after the
drill and on various subsequent occasions. Judge
dressed by a wcak-voiced, broken down man. who
turned out TO be my friend the smart sergeant,
lately discharged as SUFFERING from soldiers heart.
German aud Russian papers say that the expert
cnces of the past tw, seasons have made NJ.
Sbriakol abandon dcnniivey the hopes of establish
Ing sea route TO the great Siberian rivers which
has sprung ont of NOrdenskjOid's expedition. A
road il now about to be made from the Plethora
over the Ural Mountains to the River Obi. A canal
is actually being constructed which shall connect
the Obi and The Yenisse, and extensive works are
being carried ont along the Angara for the purpose
of making II navlgabe between Lake Balkal and the
Yenlsse When these plans shall have been com
peed all kinds OF wares can be transported by water
all over Siberia, for the Lena Is already connected
with Lake BaiSa Tho entire distance which will
have to he traversed by land between ST. Petersburg
and the Obi will not exceed one hundred and seventy
versts. or about one hundred and twelve miles,