The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-06

heard outside the houss she insists that he is
coming, and adds: 'I told you he was notdead."
Her condition Is believed by her physicians to
be extremely precarious, From the moment
when she heard OF her brothers death she has
not shed a single tear, This form Of her grief is
looked upon by her physicians as one Of the
gravest features of the case.
CoMTE EPHRUsSI, who is to marry Mademoi-
selle de Rothschild. is in the habit of presenting
her with flowers. They are not such as are to
be seen in florists windows, or in cultivated gar
dens, but wild fIvers, a good bunch of which
could be bought f. a few sous in Paris a month
ago. This has been sufficient to set public taste
In a certain direction anu tc cause a high price
to be put upon bUttercups and daisies, SO closely
does the Partisan world follow a popular fashion.
THE Washington Star reports that Mr.. Corco-
ran, the rich banker, has received, from a lady
entirely unknown to him, a long letter, in which
she states that her husband is worth $4,000
and Is doing a large and prosperous business.
The writer, however, desires to be independent
o! her husband, and asks Mr.. Corcoran to send
her enough money 80 that she may live on the
interest. The letter closes with an urgent invi-
tation to MIR. Corcoran to come and make her a
visit at her home in New England, to see her
garden and enjoy the fruits and flowers.
LIE oA-Empre65 CnarlOGt6 OF m6XlOoJ 5lbUer u
the King of the Belgians. is in a much more
tranquil state Of mind than formerly. her
splendid black hair has whitened, bur her health
is good, and she has recovered from the attack
OF madness which followed her being told of the
execution of Maximalian She is very fond OF
music, spending many hours in playing duets
with one of her ladies of honor. and also shows
much interest In her garden. When the weather
is nne she walks a great deal in the park sur
rounding her Chateau de Bouohant, and plays
with a dog which the Queen of the Belgians one
day rescued from some boys who were torment
ing lie, and gave to her sisterin-lRw.
PARIS letter: an. de Lesseps, l was sorry to
observe, has aged a good deal since he went to
explore the desert south of Tunis, His hand
writing, which was so clear and vigorous when
he returned from Panama, is now a shaky scrawl.
He drew for me a plan of the canal which he in
tends TO run through the Isthmus of SueZ, paral-
lei to the existing one. The hand, in making the
straight lines, was very uncertain. 1t is very
disagreeable to him to wear spectacles, and he
wishes TO believe that his eyes areas strong as
ever. Rut it was evident to me that he only saw
dimly the map that he was sketching. His man
ner, however, retains all the old Gaseon ANNA
ton and go which were OF such an advantage to
him in diplomacy"
AN old associate of Henry Willard describes
him as a man somewhat overworked, with the
finest set of teeth to be seen even in our period.
Mr.. Willard, my friend says. was born IN Ger
many, manifested liberal and manly tendencies,
and quarreled with his father, who protested
against such innovations. He came to this
country upon his own resources, and acquired
the English language so well that there is hardly
a perceptihle trace now of German accent. At
tracted to the character Of William Lloyd Gar
rison and to the person of his daughter, he mar
ried the later, and has a cultivated wife, and his
delight is to show 10 his friends his beautiful
children. Mr.. Willard is said to be of q fine,
worldly, yet highly principled nature, and does
not lose his faith in man when he hears of a hui
man slip here and there.