The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-30

legends closely although great many Of his touches
very, very modern. He has tried to be severely
classical and has succeeded only in being onotonous.
The versifcaton is bald and tame
AMoSG the features of the celebration that is to
mark the opening Of the International Park at Nj.
agaria Falls July To- win be the appearance Of the
Indians full hedgod natives Of Ireland; grand
chorus Of beadshop girls, IF So Soon We Are Done
For et; the simultaneous closing of all tho Cheap
John shows and at night bonfire of the hacks that
have done swindlng duty there for years.
ONE OF his friends says that Mr. Tilden in past years
had semi-occasional differences in his household,
sometimes vugarly called rows. After one of these,
Smith NJ Weed drove up in front Of Dir, Tidens
6iranercy Park house. Mr. Tiden got in with Mr..
Weed to whom he presently related his troubles in
despair. lie capped the climax by saying, he
slapped his companion on the knee: "By thunder,
Weed, I'd get married if wasn't afraid to-"
Mr. HUXLEY referred very happily to Darwin in the
short address he delivered at the ceremony at South
kensington recently. Darwin was. said Mr. Huxley.
lone of those rare ministers and interpreters of
natural knowledge. For, whatever be the ultimate
verdict ofposterity upon this that opinion which
Mr.. Darwin has propounded, whatever adumbrations
anticpations of his doctrines may be found in the
writings of his predecessors the broad fact remains
that since the publication, and by of the publ
cation of the Origin Of Species the fundamental con-
ceptons and the aims of the students of living nature
have been completely changed"
TIE noticeable instances among the honors
bestowed by the Queen The baronecies conferred
upon the distinguished painters, Millas and Watts
and the raising of Sir Nathaniel Rothschd to the
peerage To be barone is Of little real Importance
to such men Millas and Watts, but it is of some
Importance to the English world that the Queen makes
them so. Lord Rothschd is not the first jew to be
brought into the British peerage papers say
easily forgetting the Earl of Beaconsield but he is
the first Jew honored who retains the religion of
his fathers; baronet has been the highest title
hitherto bestowed upon members of that long pro-
scribed faith
THE family of the late Mr.. Richard L. Merricl the
eminent Washington lawyer, who died there on Tues.
day has been painfully experiencing the truth of the
adage ''msfortunes singly," for not only
was his wife i'll at the time of his DEATH but two of
his daughters-he had eight children seven girls and
boy-were i'll throughout his sickness One of these
daughters has been almost helpless since last Novem
Der, and several weeks ago taken to Philadelphia
to be under physician there, and grew
while her father i'll Another daughter, who for
several months has been subject at times to attacks
of total blindness which would last from three days
to three weeks and then pass away lost her eyesght
again the last week Of her fathers life
MEIssoNIER appeared at his best the other morn
morning says Paris correspondent. He had come
for a stroll through the salon. Bonnat and lady
friend were with him. The little party stopped only
before the foreign canvases, that the master
free to praise criticse; and he did both with
ouin II L.
tener. MISSIONER is of medium height, rather thick
set almost pot-bellied. He has long, flowing white
beard glasses when he looks ut pictures and
rapid in movement and speech. In dress he borders
on the dandy. He low shoes, which display
red silk socks; his hands incased in yellow kid
gloves, his wrists encrcled with a narrow frill
he carries deity light rattan cane while spring
overcoat is thrown gracefully the left arm. A
glossy silk hat crowns his head and complete suit
of very dark blue serge covers his body. Such
is the personal appearance of this famous artist