Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-11
PAINTED FROM JOY.
THE DEAD COME TO LIFE-AFTFR BE
ING MoURNED FOR AS DEAD FOR A
PERIOD OF SIXTEEN YEARS, A
BROTHER MAKE HIS RE
APPEARANCE IN THE
CIVILIZED WORLD

named Ferdinand Rathman, who hat
been working in Pray's and in Rigby'
mills, Lake Biger, for several seasons
tainted away near Keyser & Elrod:
hay yard. A number of persons wh(
saw Rathman fall and remain motiOnies,
for a few seconds, hurried to his assist
ance and conveyed him to a saloon {
block Or SO distant, where he ives soor
restored to consciousness.
1t appears that the old gentleman was
greatly overcome by the receipt of a
letter, which he had received few
moments before, from a brother who
was supposed to have been drO wned of
the coast Of Africa, and his joy at the
happy tidings was too much for him.
III 1868, he and his brother Ed ward,
sailed from Hamburg in the the clipper
Snip "Marianna," as passengers.
BoUED FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Within three days sail of the point
| Of their destination the vessel sprung 4
| leak during q fierce gale, and for thirty
six hours the crew and passengers Wee
!
! saving themselves and the valuable
cargo; but on the night Of the second
day the wafer gained on them SO fast
/ that they had to abandon the ship and
! take TO the boats. The violence Of the
| gale had not abated, and The sen was
running mountain high. Boat after
boat was swanped, and the unfortunate
| occupants taken to the bottom Of the
ocean. Al last the two Rathmans, IN
company with the remainder of the
crew, took to the last life boat, which
was successfully launched. After being
driftcd and tossed about for several
hours,
\ HEAVY SEA STRUCK IT.
and Edward Rathman Eand several
others were washed overheard. There
was neither q chance or inclination to
save the poor Wretche5, and they were f!
left to their melancholy fate. The last |
Rathman saw Of his brother Edward he |
was c!inging to a spar or the crest OF
a wave, about half a mile distant. |
TWcnty-fours afterWard the occupants |
of the boat were picked up by a vessel |
bound for Sidney, Australia, where
RatIiman remained until the spring Of
1873. Rathman handed an APPEAL re-
porter the letter which was productive
of SO much joy in his breast, written in
German, dated Hambu g, January 30,
1881, signed by his brother Edward,
who inclOsed therein draft for $500 Oh
the Bank of California, with the eX-
pressed wish that he return to Ham
burg al once. He makes no mention i'll
the letter of his experience during the
time that he WAS inOurned as dead; nor
does he even say how he came to be
saved from his periious situation of six
teen years ago But he writes that he
is we'll to do and desires Ferdinand to
come home and share his competency
with him, adding that. he will relate all
that has occurred to him during the
many years of silence upon their meet
ing. Air Rathman, who is stopping at
the house ofIIenry Cassel in this city,
will leave for the old country tonight.
How THE BRIDE WAS DRESSED
Last night DobsOn came home from a
and the first thing his wife
inquired after was the dress of the
OriCie.
Dobson, in a cold sweat, began to
scratch his head, for he knew that it
was worse than death to neglect to re-
member these things.
"Upon my word, Betsey, | believe it
was a sort OF purple lavender.'
"You must have drank considerable
vine to get things mixed that way,
Jou"--
"Oh, yes; now l recollect. An ashes
If liiac"-
ono such color, Dob. Is this the
way you leave your sick wife to
70 and plunge into the hiiarities of a
superb
dit was iron blue satin, trimmed with
lasIoppeIles on the side.'
On! Dob, has it come to this, that l
must be treated with so little cOnsidera-
ion? Why didn't you ask somebody
hat knew all about it?"
of you will give me time to think, 1
an fix tho business. 1t was about the
olor Of Ii. further edge Of the ward
ODE, VIII +he light strikes it; Or
ather moi .-.le the looking glass frame,
My darker, j, anything-a sort of hue
GU see on Lake. Tahoe sometime about
our o'clock1Qthe afternoon, and the
Wind to the west. Or, to give YOU a