The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-15

ident The superintendent of the old Homestead
will send him fence rail with the kind sugges-
ton that he may imagine the wood is from the
house itself.
STANLEY, the explorer, introduces all the trav-
elers be meets with in the wilds of Africa to
the natives as his son, in order that they can
proceed with safety, Recently an explorer came
along with a coored servant, and Stanley was
asked how he came to have two sons of different
color. "Ob, that is the son of my old wife, not
the new one" he replied, as he pointed to the
negro.
MISS VICTOR MELLoR HowELLs, eldest daugh-
ter of ex-Consul W. C. Howells, was married at
Grace Church, Goochland Courthouse, Va, on
Tuesday, to John H. MnllholIand OF Park
dale. Toronto. Mr. W. d. Howells, the novelist.
and brother of the bride, acted as best man to
the bridegroom. Among the guests from abroad
were Archille Frechette, of Ottawa, Canada, and
his wife, who was also Howells.
WASHINGTON expects to sec a social contest
this season between Mr.. Letter, who has rented
Mr.. Blaine's house; the family of ex-senator
Stewart whose house has been renovated; Don
Cameron, who is expected to entertain widely
on his return from Europe, and General Nick
Anderson, who has built one of the costliest
homes in the capital. Secretary Folger is the
only member of the cabinet who will not enter
tain.
AN Albany undertaken has been sending this
circular TO the physicians of that city:
DEAR DR.: If by chance anything should hap
pen to you, that yon should loose your life, or
any OF your family, wish you would allow me
to take charge of the Burial of such 1 suppose
You May think this Queer Request but it is
business With me as With you.
have had Many post Mortems in My business,
always Cleaned up the Muss. And never found
hn Annf lnnx infr off
MIN. Railways helped them in Every thing.
Yours,
AN able French essayist, NJ. Emile Montegut,
who understands Shakespeare, and has translated
him into French, vent recently to see perform
ance OF macbeth" on the stage. Coufessing to
a friend his disappointment at what he had
seen, he added: Shakespeare is too great poet
not to lose much in the theater. 1t is right that
Shakspeare's plays should be acted, but on
this condition, that it is clearly understood be-
forehand what he loses by it. When one truly
knows the great poet, it is interesting t2 learn
what are the purely physical emotions the acted
scene can give But those who know the poet
only in the theater carry away with them the
most false and narrow idea of his work."
ANTHONY TRoLLoPE's forthcoming autobiogra-
ply will be of great literary interest 1t will
give detailed history of every one of Trollope's
novels that had appeared before the date at
which the autobiography closes, his negotiations
with publishers the prices his works command
ed, and the reasons which, in his opinion, led to
their success or failure His views on fiction
and its place in contemporary literature are set
forth at considerable length in chapters on
"Novels and the art of writing them," "Eng-
lish novelists of the present day" and "Criti-
cism." He has good deal to say about politics,
and he gives long account of his unfortunate
candidature for Beverley in 1868, the expert
ences of which he afterward utilized in "Ralph
the Heir" number of anecdotes of himself,
public men, authors and pubhshersare scattered
throughout the book