The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

On ms recent birthday anniversary
the Kaiser Wilhelm received as pres
ent the sword of general Won Seyditz,
the victor of Rossbach and Zornorf.
1t was presented to him by the last
scion, of Won Seydlitz's line,
himself an old man.
Sara Bernhardt is learning to play
the flute. Before beginning to prac-
tice she always ties q red ribbon
around her left ankle and anchors the
other end to the leg Of the piano, so
that unless the ribbon breaks there is
no danger of her getting lost in the
cavernous recess of the instrument.
Governor Cleveland, of New York,
has in his hands, for signature, a bill
providing that all telegraph, telephone
and electric light wires in New York
and Brooklyn must go underground
before November l, 1885. II eompa-
nies fail to obey the city authorities
are required to remove the wires.
Gov, Cleveland is severely censured
for committing the death sentence OF
Mrs Haight, of Syracuse. Her hair
was said to have grown gray during
her confinement in Jail, After being
assigned te her cell IN the penitentia-
ry, Mrs. Haight quietly removed a
wig, disclosing a head of rich brown
hair.
The Princess Krapothine, whose
husband is now languishing in Jail be-
cause of his Anarchist views, is as
much OF radical as he is, and equal
ly devoted to science. She graduated
from the Unsversity of Geneva, and is
now studying medicine, with the view
Of becoming an NJ, ID.
The pitcher Of the Clipper team in
game on Walnut Hills Sunday lost
two finger-nails and had two teeth
knocked out, was hit on the side of the
head with foul tip and fell over a
precipice nearly twenty feet high run
ming after a foul ball. He lost the
greater part of his pants in the fall,
but got up and finished the game in
his position.
Mrs. Sarah F. Howe, who is living
i'll retirement in the Massachusetts
house OF correction, will be carried
back to days of old when she reads
how Ferdinand Ward conducted the
investment business. Mrs. Howe
must concede that the art has been
considerably improved since she was a
leading spirit in that line.
1t is getting dangerous to inquire
'fter mans health. Joseph Frazies,
Of Muncie, Indiana, replied to the
kind greeting OF his friend Wesley
lIupp, by shot from his revolver
which stretched the latter dead ut his
feet. In view OF this new fashion in
social calls, it would be interesting to
know how Mr.. Morrison would re-
ceive visit from his friend, Mr. Ran
dali.
James Winters, o farmer, was stung
to death by buffalo gnats near Helena,
Ark, a few days ago. While he was at
work in field the gnats swarmed up
and envelopod him. Their stings
becoming unbearable, he started for
home at full speed All remedies
failed to relieve him, and he died in a
short time in great agony, his face and
neck having turned almost black.
Talkingonce with General Sherman
the Rev. James Freeman Clarke said
"Oh, General, there is something I
want to ask you; something | ought
to,know." "Well what is it?" inquired
the General 81 don't know" said the
other; ~ can't think what it is, but
lam sure there is something you know
that ] don't know, and | ought not tC
let SO good an opportunity of asking
it so by unimproved" But it did &C
| by.
Ladies handkerchiefs this season il
Paris match the gown, so that if you
gown is made of mcterial with !
design of rosebuds, or trimmed will
rosebud embroidery, you should have
a handkerchief with rosebud border
If your gown is brown tweed you
| handkerchief should have brown
border, and if your dress is made o
stripped material your handkerchie
should have a borderstripped to match
The latest novelties in mems hand
chiefs have border of little red o
black devils in grotesque attitudes.
While nobody with level head ey
er expected that Ben Bntler would de
cline a nomination for President, III
matter by whom made, the Genera
sets the doubts of those who don
know him yet at rest by letter ac
cepting the nomination of the ant
monopolists. The epistle accept
both the nomination and the plat
| form in each and evprv narticulaI