The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-17

Col. Ignatius e. Shumate, OF Dalton,
Ga, has been chosen to deliver the
annual literary address at the APP
commencement of Emory
u Henry college, He is an alumnus
OF the college, and a man of marked
individuality. He takes high rank as
a lawyer in his State.
A telegram has been received from
New Mexico by Representative Sprin-
ger stating that Mr.. Dorsey had gone
TO Texas and would be absent two or
three weeks. Colonel Ingersoll has in
formed Mr.. Springer that he advised
Ex-senator Dorsey not to appear as
witness before the committee investi-
eating the Star route cases.
A party Of Philadelphians have con-
tracted for the erection of a building
in the shape of an elephant on the
beach near the lighthouse at Cape
May. 1t is to be finished by July and
its dimensions will be eighty-seven
feet long and sixty-fve feet high. 1t
will be painted BLUSH. white and will
be known as the Light of Asia.
Charles F. Ritchel of Bridgeport,
who tried to invent flying machine,
will get 100000 to perfect the inven-
ton with from the estate OF Maxwell,
a millionaire brewer at Milwaukee,
who left 100000 for experiments in
aerial navigation, one-ffth OF it being
specified as for Ritche's machine.
Ritchel will begin experiments on
large scale.
The Presidents room, adjoining the
marble room of the Senate, is the
richest, most luxuriously furnished
room about the Capitol. The carpet
is of a bright scarlet, with crimson
figured border. The easy chairs and
lounger are upholstered in red Cordo-
van leather with scolloped valances,
embossed or stamped in gold with
miniature eagles. Great mirrors, fac
ing each other, and reaching from
the floor to the yaulted ceiling, redu-
plicate in illimitabIo perspective
whatever happens to be within their
focus. If a visitor bows, the motion
is repeated in the glass in amazing
multiplication of the figures.
Henry Bergh on cremation: "Dr.
Gross, see, left orders that he should
be cremated. ! favor cremation for
various reasons. | believe that on
hygienic principles the cemeteries
should be gradually removed and aban-
donod The waters flowing through
the earth should be uncontaminated
and not carry the refuse OF decayed
and lifelcss humanity AS we advance
in progress and civilization the crema.
ton problem will be solved just as the
relief of suffering animals has been
solved. ! have been asked to take al
active part in the establishment of q
orematory here. ! have declined, 70,
the reason that my life work is devoted
to another cause"
| Louis w, Grand Duke Of Hesse
Darmstadt, son-in-law of the Empress
of India and just now the morganati,
husband of Countess Alexandrin,
Czapski, divorced wife of De Kalem
inc, is bound to become famous
| When Louis Nv. took the Queen,
daughter Alice TO be his lawful wifi
he got along with her dowry OF ESQ
900 and an income OF $4,000 a yeai
But for all that it appears, from ad
vance notices of the Queens new book
giving the correspondence between
the Princess Alice and her mother
which is to be issued next Monday
that Louis Nv. kept his English wifi
in house that would be small am
: mean even for plain middle-clas
! English people, that there never wa
money enough to provide dinner 70
company, that when the babies wer
born the Queen had to send money
, pay the doctors bill and furnish tn
8 clothes. No wonder Beatrice did nc
want such a man for her HUSBAND
and 1t is to be hoped that the me-
! morganatic wife has money as well a
beauty, or she may come short of he
breakfast now and then, besides losin
, her character as Louis unlawfl
bride.
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