The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-24

ten years the work of has been going
and the park Is rapidly becoming most attractive
spot One of the best features Of the place is the
view the park being located the shore Of the
bay, with driveway along the beach.
VERY small word often makes q great difference
either by being omitted superaddsd. Thus the
Butte Montana) Inter-Mountain publishes supple
mentary wedding notice III which. speaking oil one
that had already appeared II says: Tho statement
should have read that they were married few days
ago, instead of married few days as the wedding
contract was doubtless intended to be permanent"
Two of Mr.. Gladstones particular friends and az
sociates in the Peers are Scotch Ears Rosebery and
Aberdeen, who of the standing Of his own
eldest son. Lord Aberdeen has a clever managing
wife who has had large share in pushing him into
prominence. His father was shy, timid person,
dreadfuy snubbed by his father the Prime Minister
ana his own elder brother preferred sailing as mate
on an American vessel to assuming the earldom.
COMPARED with those of the British Isles" writes
MISS Constance Fenimore Woolson, meditatively "al
the SKIES OF the United States blue In the North
this blue is clear strong, bright in the South soft
ness minges with the brilliancy and tempers it to
beauty which is not surpassed The sky over the cot
ton lands of South Carolina is as soft as that Of Tus
cany the blue the silver beaches of Florida n,ets
as dangerously as that above Capris snchantea
shore"
DECISION made in the Chancery Court al
Nashville the other day that the business of building
associations, conducted in Tennessee is usurous.
The decision created quite q sensation, says the
Savannah News as these associations have been oe
immense benefit in building up the city and other
places in that State and in enabling poor to OBJ
tain homes. An appeal has been taken to the SUE
preme Court and hopes entertained that the uds
ment of the Chancery Court will be reversed.
WILLIAM NJ. EvARrs fell in love with his wife
when she was sixteen and he green boy at college.
She was the daughter of Governor Wardner, of Yer
mont and was as pretty young Evarts was homely.
They became engaged at her home In Vermont and
Evarts went away to New York, promising to return
when be had made enough to warrant his marrying.
AT twenty five he had made for himself as q
lawyer, and was q member of one Of the chief New
York law firms, of making, it is said total %
100000 year. At this time he married, and hia
wife after bearing him thirteen children, is still well
and happy.
DR.. HOLINESS description of Emerson: "His face
was thin his nose somewhat accipitrine, casting q
broad shadow; his mouth rather wide. vellformed,
and welclosed, carrying question and an assertion
In it's finely finished curves; thelower lip little prom.
inent the chin shapely and firm as becomes the cor
ner-stone of the countenance. His expression was
calm, sedate, kindly with that look of reinernent
centering about the lips which is rarely found in the
male New Highlander unless the family features have
been for two three cultivated generations the bat
te-feld and tho playground of varied thoughts and
complex emotions, well as the sensuous and nutr.
tive port of entry"
M. EDMOND ABOUT was rejected by the French
Academy fifteen years ago through the influence Of
some envious rivals; and just such forces often
troll the conduct of that august body. For instance
whom Dumas, fills, brought out his unsuccessful
Princess de Bagaad, Francois Coppee criticised it,
sharply but justly, In La Patrie That angered
Dumas so much that he tried to have Coppee turned
out of his place librarian of the Coincide Fransase.
Failing in that, he waited until Coppees name came
up in the academ candidate for admission. when
he delivered most violent diatrbe against hiin-so
violent, indeed. that several Academicans say they
voted for Coppee precisely because Of the calunnas
of NJ. Dumas"