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Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13
A Veteran Ship Captain.

Capt. Leonard D. Shaw, one of the old-time American ship commanders, died in New York few days ago.
 Capt. Shaw was born in Portland, Me-, on Jan. 20, 1904 He was on the United States ship Enterprise in her bat tie with the British sloop-of-war Boxer, and was for years noted as 8 most prom inent American ship captain. One of the Captains peculiarities was that, in deference to his wife's religious views. he would never sail out of port on Sun day. During the ffties he was once strongly tempted to break this rule, there being two other vessels bound to the same port in Cuba that he was chartered for. He yielded to his wife, however. His vessel was the only one of the three that reached port. The other two were caught in a cyclone, the edge of which only served to help him on his way, while the centre swallowed the other two. He was, nevertheless, wrecked several times. Once, when bound home from Maracaibo, his vessel foundered. As she was going down the crew got the long boat over the side and began to lower @ barrel of water into it. The tackle gave way and the barrel went through the bottom of the boat. A raft was hastily constructed, but when this was done the hull was so full of water that no provisions could be hoisted out. Capt. Shaw dived down into the galley, however, and brought out four-pound piece of pork. With this the crew, seven in all, embarked. In three days three died of exhaustion and one leaped over. board, being crazed by his sufferings. The survivors were picked up next day by o schooner that carried several can. mons and large crew heavily armed The Captain of the schooner made tho survivors take an oath that they would not give any information about the yes sel that saved them, and landed then on the south coast of Cuba. This wal in 184f;
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13
ROSE OF KILLARNEY.

Oh fair are your daughters by shannon's blue
 waters,
 And lovely the maidens of Clare and Clon-
 mel And look the world over, you'll fail to discover Such colleens to love as in old Erin dwell; Yet there's none on the island, in lowland or
 highland, From the soft-bosomed lakes to the wild
 ocean shore, Who praises could share with, or half way com pare with, Dark Nora, my rose of Killarney, asthere An, Norah's the beauty to loves more than
 duty
 In the glance of her eye there's a charm and
 0 spell And her voice, like the linnet has love's mean
 ing in it, And rings through my heart like musica
 bell. Oh. to WOO and to win her would turn saint to sinner Her beauty compels you to kneel and adore, But with signing and suing in vain you come wooing Dark Nora, my rose of Killarney, astnore You hear me entreating with heart wildly beat
 ing,
 You know how love you, and still feign
 surprise fear you're deceiving, with glances still weav-
 ing Those snares for my life in your beautiful
 eyes. But no your lids glistsn with tears as you listen, Oh fly to my bosom and leave me no more I've but this to give you, love, a heart fond and true, love; Dark Nora, my rose of Killarney, ashore !
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13
CAPTAIN MARY MILLER TALKS.
What 4 Lndy Steamboat Captain bns to
 Say of Her Profession.

Mrs. Miller, the New Orleans female steamboat captain, is a trim, bonny lit tie woman, whom nobody would credi with years enough to be the mother, a: she is, of family of four children, two ot whom are almost grown.
 '1 come of a steamboat family" said the lady; "my father was Q steamboat. man, and after married Captain Miller that was seventeen years ago-I oi course spent much of my time on the river. We have a beautiful home at Louisville, and my little ones are all there now, but for the past four years l have been living mainly on boat. My husband used to do nothing but pilot, ard I spent much of my time in the pilot house and learned to manage a boat and how to navigate certain rivers, in spite of myself.
 'I learned to handel a boat as well as any man on the river, and several years ago I had occasion to test my ability. Once my husband fell i'll with fever and we had a run of half a hundred miles to make, with several landings, in a very crooked bayou. I took the boats wheel and got through all right, although you would have laughed over the amaze ment of the natives to see a woman piloting. Several years ago we had to go and take off loaded barges from a boat stuck on a sandbar above Cairo. My hus- ha1 t1 srn on the other, which was leaking badly, and so took the deck, had the barges made fast to us, turned the boat around and carried her down to Cairo. Captain Cannon said then I had as good a right to captains license as any man on the river.
 "I manage all the money matters. When we are up in the parishes l buy and load the boat with cottonseed, which I buy after inspecting samples, and bring to New Orleans and sell out to merchants. We carry other freight, of course, and I buy all the boats provis- ions, and provisions also to sell to the plantation hands up in the country. Then do all the collecting and bank ing business. At first the merchants thought it odd to see woman come in collecting, but I have never yet been treated with anything but courtesy and kindness; and, besides, they never hal loo out to me to call again. as they might to a man.
 "I shall keep on just as I am moving, except that I shall be oftener on deck and looking after the boat when she lands aud puts freight off or on. I wanted license because I had earned it and wished to undertake when neces- sary the free duties of steamboat cap tain.
 "You must not think uy life has been eventful. We have never had any acci- dents happen to us since we have been on the river, and am not afraid of any. Ours is a thousand-mile trip, and I sew, read, write to the children, make out bills, and take the deck when necessary. Not many boats take our route. It is through beautiful hilIy country, and the people we meet at landings all know me. Most of them call me Captain Mil Ter, already.
 "Steamboating was forced on me, and the happiest thing it has taught me is that whatever a man may learn to do, a woman may also, provided it is not @ question of muscle"
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13
A Suggestion.

Charles Delmonico, thirty years ago, when mere lad, suggested to his uncle that men who patronized a restaurant of the kind the firm had just opened, were not the men to dun, and at his request, the rule was established, never, under any circumstances, to present bill or ask the payment of a check, until such action was requested by the debtor.
 "Why isn't that the best place to go and board when a man visits New York" asks the editor of a Western paper. "A place where they don't pre- sent bills till boarder asks for them would seem to fill want long felt"
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13
A Case of Contempt.

Senator Vance tells this story: "When Judge Tourgee was on the bench in North Carolina, an old chum of his was brought before him on some triAing charge. During the trial the prisoner said something that highly displeased his honor. "Do you mean," sternly said the Judge, "to bring this court into contempt?" The prisoner smiled and said: "Judge, you have known me for many years, and we have been friends, haven't we?" "That is a fact, said the Judge. "You would do me a favor within reason, even now, would you not?" "Very likely" responded his Honor, all graciousness and good humor, "but what is it?" "Well, retorted the scamp, "do not press me too hard on the point of contempt this morning !''
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13

TENNYsoN did his first writing on slate. In this connection it may not be irreverent or irrelevant to remark that a good many unfortunate barkeepers have begun the same way.
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13

A LUCKY Boy. A little chap who fell on the pavement in front of a Woodward avenue grocery the other day and broke jug, jumped up and called out to a boy on the corner:
 "Isn't that boss? ?"
 "Why, didn't you break the iug?"
 "Of course I did, but it was empty. Il I'd only waited five minutes I'd have lost hull gallon of 'lasses by the break ing. Bet your boots I'm allus lucky!"- Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13

AsArrsr1ED man has nothing to desire, gain or content. Hc is a mold-grown carp in Southern waters. -
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13

YOUTHFUL rashness skips like a hare over the meshes of good counsel.
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13
A Tar's Reminiscence.

One gets no idea of the esprit and dash of the clippers, however, unless he stumbles on some idle tar of the many who formerly served in the fleet. Men tion a Canton clipper to such a one, and his eyes glisten, and his tongue wags fast. "There was nothin' like 'em for prettiness," he observes, "and the way they iist did fog all other craft out of the water. I remember once we was at Hong Kong in the Sam1 Russell, and as there was @ Britisher leaving for New York, we sent home letters by him. Bout month later the Russell cleared on the same tack, an she did drive on that voyage like race horse. Sail after sail she overhauled and left behind, and roundin' the Cape, remember, the Jack Tars started the sayin' that the old man couldn't hold his horses in But flyin' up the coast of Brazil what did we do but skip by that Britisher that had our letters on board and make port week ahead of him, delivering 'em by word of mouth. Another voyage was on that racer, the Flyin' Cloud, comin' home from Hong Kong. I tell you twas as bracing as a glass of grog to stand on her top hamper and feel her pull, comin' down the trades. Once in a while 8 brother Yankee would give us tug be- fore we could shake him of, but as for anythin' foreign, English, or French, we handled 'em as though they was babies. There was one thing the ship did on that wage that I've allus blamed her owners or nearest relations for not spin'in' yarn on. One day we took a pretty smart breeze on the starboard quarter, and held it tolerably steady for the space of ten days, in which time, i sir, we made upwards of forty-fve de- grees, hard on to 3,200 miles, BPS miles one day, as the log will show. Ther's another thing bein' so long and narrer, you'd expect the clippers would ship some water, but all that wage, I didn't see gallon o'water on the ships deck, not enough to wash me down with"
 SOME college boys after dark took an entire load of wood from farmers sled, left in the street over night, and with great labor piled it up in a citizens woodshed under the impression that he'd be charged with stealing it. They now find that he had bought the wood and they have saved the farmer so much work, and they want to find out who sug' gested the joke and how much the farm CT paid him.
 SUPERSTITION is to religion what as.
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13

SUPERSTITION is to religion what as- trology is to astronomy; a very stupid daughter of very wise mother.
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13

SOME 30,000 children are living on canal-boats in England.
Connecticut western news., 1884-02-13
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

LETS go to work and have a
a grand turnout of the Democracy
here on the 22d inst, the day on
which Congressman Blanchard and
Senator Gibson will speak to our
people. Give them a monster re-
oeptlon, and thus plainly show them
what we democrats can do.
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Two young men, Cochran and
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

The "cold wave" has come at
last. This year we learned of it
in advance, however, having the
benefit of the Signal Service, and
we were therefore prepared for it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

NOTICE the change in the ad-
vertisement of G. Lazard & Co, of
New Orleans, to be found on the
9TH page.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

HE straw hat, white vest and
dnster must CO.. to be replaced by
the overcoat and other warmer ha-
biliments.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

MILLER, Brady 4 CO., our
next door neighbors, will hoist a
new sign in q few DAYS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

His Homer, Mayor McGimsey,
has made two Intellectual attempts
to get a meeting Of the City Coun-
Gil this week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

we heard on the streets yes
terday that Mr. Paul French would
be a candidate for Mayor at the ap-
preaching election.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

The attention of our readers
is called to the card of John I.
Adams Il Co., of New Orleans,
which card appears in this issue.
This firm for the last number of
years have been doing an extern
slve business in this section of coun-
try, dealing with our people hon
estly at all times, thereby meritine
their confidence and support. Mr..
Fred A. Bonito, well known here.
has lately become a member of the
firm. To all of our people through
this and adjoining Parishes we re-
commend this frst-class establish
ment, for we know that to all the
best OF bargains will be given.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11
NOTICE.

- Uct. z, 1854.
In accordance with the require
ments OF the Board of Pardon, I
hereby give notice that / will pre-
sent a petition to the Governor of
/! Louisiana for the pardon of my hus-
band, Henry Brown.
HHTT1E BRowN,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

HIS Honor, Mayor McGimsey,
will be candidate for Mayor in
January, Notwithstanding all re-
ports to the contrary.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11
Parish Executive Committee !:

=, 49,. Col. Jas. G. Wise,
j. &. White, f. seip,
Jonas Rosenthal, R. P. HUNTER,
yas r. Andrews re- W. L. Taylor,
~ y " y, +, Hooe, Ben. Turser,
v. W. Bolton, Jas. P. Hickman,
y: L. Connella, B. NJ. Hayes,
n. II; Roberts, R. B. Smith,
los = Meeker, John Phillips,
oscar Barnidge, S. d. Williams,
Crawford Caroth, N. L. MeGinnis,
+: A: Blanchard, Il. L. Lnckett,
W. Y. James, VIM. Harris,
A. E. Watson, Willie French,
j. Z. Blackwell.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

THE lady members of the W.
q. I. .. are making arrangements
10 have Dramatic Entertainment
IN this City, on or about the first
OF November. Some of, best local
talent has been engaged, and the
affair promises to be entertaining.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

Mr.. }. W. Biggs, of Louis
vile, KY, was yesterday registered
at the Exchange Hotel. He is a
favoritc with our people here, and
justly merits their appreciation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

by the new schedule of the
Morgan train, which now leaves here
at s:45 in the morning, passengers
Can breakfast in Alexandra before
leaving.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

Mn. J. S. Brady, of the firm
OF Miller, Brady & Co., will, in a
lew days, start his son in the gro.
Gerry business on the corner of ard
and Johnston Streets, in this Town,
We bespeak for Master Brady a
soodly share of the public patron
age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

The steamer Phil E. Chap
pell will arrive to-day from New
Orleans. She will not go any
higher than this place.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

DIED In New Orleans, on the
sth inst, TERRY HoUsToN BRAD.
LEY, native of Tennessee, aged
about 81 years. The deceased was
a practical printer, and was one of
the first compositors that ever
worked on the LA. DEMOCRAT
He was an employee in the Office of
the old Western Democrat, the pre-
decessor Of this journal, edited by
David Martin and Sam Smith. and
also in that of the Red Rivey Repxb-
hcan, edited by Lewis Tim. At the
burning Of Alexandria by General
Banks, during the war, he was rem
dered homeless, and removed with
his family to New Orleans, where
he continued to reside up to the
time of his death. He leaves a
large circle of relatives and friends
in Rapides to mourn his loss. In
common with them, the DEMOCRAT
shares their sorrow, and we drop
ne sympathetic tear to his memory.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11
---------.
ToWn and Parish News.


MILLER, Brady 4 Co.,, on
next door neighbors, will hoist
new sign in a few days.
NOTICE the change in the ad
vertisement of G. Lazard & Co., o
New Orleans, to be found on th,
9TH page.
-IHE straw hat, white vest ano
dnster must go, to be replaced by
the overcoat and other warmer ha.
biliments.
His Homer, Mayor McGimsev,
has made two Intellectual attempts
to get meeting Of the City Coun-
Gil this week.
we heard on the streets yes
terday that Mr.. Paul French would
be candidate for Mayor at the ap-
preaching election.
His Honor, Mayor McGimsey.
will be a candidate for Mayor in
January, Notwithstanding all re-
ports to the contrary.
-IHE steamer Phil E. Chap
peil Will arrive to-day from New
Orleans. She will not go any
higher than this place.
by the new schedule of the
Morgan train, which now leaves here
at $40 In the morning, passengers
can breakfast in Alexandria before
leaving.
Mn. J. W. Biggs, of Louis
vile, KY, was yesterday registered
at the Exchange Hotel. He is a
favoritc with our people here, and
justly merits their appreciation.
--THE "cold wave" has come at
last. This year we learned of it
IN advance, however, having the
benefit OF the Signal Service, and ,
we were therefore prepared for it.
THE lady members of the W.
D. 1. Q. are making arrangements S
70 have a Dramatic Entertainment Z,
n this City, on or about the first i.
II November. Some of, best local .
alent has been engaged, and the u
mar promises to be entertaining. u
Mn. J. s. Brady, of the firm =
Il Miller, Brady & Co., will, in a u
CIV days, start his son in the GRO. a
cry business on the corner of srd u
nd Johnston Streets, in this Town, al
We bespeak for Master Brady a III
ODDLY share of the public patron d
,e. b
- de
LETS go to work and have hi
grand turnout of the Democracy he
re on the 22d inst, the day on tin
n'ch Congressman Blanchard and lal
'nator Gibson will speak to our in
ople. Give them a monster re- co,
ptlon, and thus plainly show them sh.
nat we democrats can do. the
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-10-11

this and adjoining Parishes we re-
commend this frst-class establish.
ment, for we know that to all the
best of bargains will be given.
LETTERS have been received
here from Mr.. Suble,t, of Monroe.
suggesting that this Parish defer
for SO days, any action on the ques-
ton OF a special tax in aid of the
Ouachlta Valley Rail Road. 1t
seems that another Company is
about to make an offer to build
this road, and some correspondence
has been had on the subject with
the Executive Board at Monroe.
The subject is one in which the
Parishes on the line of the pro-
posed route are vitality interested, |
and we believe that the construc-
ton OF the road is a question of a
few months time.
KELLOGG, the champion fraud
in Louisiana politics, is in a fair
way OF being at last showed under.
all over the Third District the can
dldacy Of Hon. Edward j. Cav is
ia'ly growing in favor with the
'olored element. Mr.. GAYS large
'ugar interests in his District, and
lis we'll known practical good sense
md intelligence have commended
Inn to the voters of all parties.-
The colored voting population in
be Third District is very little in
xcess Of the white vote, and the
ctlve canvass being made by Mr..
ray and his friends gives every as
france that q Democrat will be
'nt to Congress in place of the I'M
'rupulous jnggler who has claim
to own the District for several
ears, The sensible colored voters
tue Third District say that Kel-
gg must Ego"