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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
JOHN "ATLANTIC" BROWN.
A True Story OF q Gallant Deed.

A True Story of q Gallant Deed.
On a ship that sails to Glasgow, to Aud
Scotia" far away.
Where the heather blooms to beauty and the
mavis sings all day;
Where the moonlight melts to silver on the
distant mountain streams,
And the air is full Of romance and the Poet
Plowman's dreams;
Where spectral Tam O'Shanters" and the
ghosts of Scott and Burns
Haunt the highlands and the l~owlands, the
mountains, fens and ferns;
Where the lovely bonnie lassies make the
Yankee tourists smile
And dream Of Annie Laurie and fair Mary o.
Argyle:
On that Glasgow ship Nebraska, sailing from
old Gotham town.
There 1t was I met the captain-Capt. Johr
Atlantic Brown.
Brown he halls from England, from the realm:
of Workington
He is blum and strong and bonnie, for his face
is full OF fun;
Yes, he's kind to everybody; but I VOW he's
somewhat sly,
For humor firts with wisdom In Browns AT.
New my friend, the DR.. whitson-Dr. Whitson
To me has told this story, which perhaps you
may not know:
1t seems that Brown, when counting in his early
manhood's pride,
Used to swim the swelling SoIway where il
flows twelve furlongs wide
Lochinvar and brave Horatius ne'er could
swim as well as he:
Fen Leander was mot in It" with this viking
of the sea
Well! One day in middle winter. over twenty
years ago,
Where the icebergs rose to grandeur, witt
their minarets Of snow:
Where the booming pillows Numbered on the
listening ear of night,
And the winds made mournful music round the
rocks Of Sombro light:
Where deaths cold and shrouded mantle turks
in fogs from Labrador.
And the demons OF destruction haunt a wild
and dangerous shore:
That brave ship. the old Atlantic. with siz
hundred souls on board,
Struck and foundered on the lodges where the
pillows ragged and roared.
Then an awful cry went upwards from thost
people tempest tossed.
As they prayed and moaned and muttered, anC
shouted: We are lost.
as there then no one to help US; must We
perish here and drown?
Must We die in these wild watersT" Wait {
bit, said gallant Bro WI
Then that fourth mate, now our captain, witt
a life line firmly tied,
Plunged into those angry pillows from that
sinking vessels side.
How those demon pillows Numbered as they
clutched his manly form,
How the people cheered and shouted as he bold.
Iy stemmed the storm!
Never did a SOlway WINNER battle with 81
fierce q sea:
Never did an ancient Roman do a deed more
brave than he:
For this gallant English hero saved three hun.
dred souls that night
BY his brave, high-hearted daring of the rock.
of Sombro light
And to-day in Nova Scotia, in its largest sea.
port town.
Everyone delights to honor Capt. John
lantic' Brown.
Larry Chittenden, Poet Ranchman o.
Texas in Illustrated American
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
A Comforting Assurance.

"D'ye know said Flooding Pete.
I'm gittin' Uneasy about myself? liz
gittin' skeart fur fear the way l fills
the flown termater cann ruin me
prospecks. Am 1 whit yeid regard e.
a hard drinker?!
Meandering Mike looked at him con
temptuously and answered: Nav"
"Honest?"
.'Course it's honest. A mar couldn't
be furder from a hard drinker'n yor
are. Ye're de easiest drinker l evel
saw In my ife."-Washington Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26

ly sorry, but you looked so pretty that
1 couldn't help it."
Still a sever silence.
won't you forgive me, Dolly?"
The gray eyes were fixed on the
ground and the pretty lips were
pressed firmly together. He caught
her fingers. She tried to pull them
away, but it was useless.
Wont you forgive me, Dolly?" he
said again.
She found her voice at length.
Il wish you wouldn't make me say
things. OF course l forgive you, but
you oughtn't to have done it."
II am really very sorry, Dolly" he
said, repentantly.
Then the snow came down.
There was no mistake about it,
either; it did come down with a VEN
geance. The fakes were nearly as
large as a mans hand, and the sky
was full of them.
Dolly" said Tom, firmly, you
must take my arm and hold it tightly.
We are going to catch it."
She took his arm, and he hurried her
along as fast as he could. 1t was no
use. The snow pelted their faces so
severely hat in less than two minutes
they were nearly numbed with cold.
1--WE must find shelter somewhere
till the violence of the storm is SPENT"
said Tom. He looked about him for a
convenient doorway. Fortunately
there was n near. He placed Dolly
inside it, so that the snow could not
get to her, and stationed himself at
her side.
Are you cold, Dolly?" he said.
Not very, thank you" she replied.
Are you?"
81? Oh. it doesn't matter about me,
dear. You are the important member
of this small community. Are you
sure you are not cold? VIII you have
my muffler?"
He commenced to take it off.
NO, indeed" exclaimed Dolly, pre-
venting him. DO you think l would
take it from you? But it was very
kind OF you to offer livery kind! You
are kind to me-"
"Kfndr' said Tom, warmly. "Who
could help being kind?"
He pressed more closely to her. Out
side the snow vas descending heavily.
Dolly" said Tom, speaking low,
'have you quite forgiven me?'
She smiled, but did not say anything.
His arm stole round her again. She
made no effort to repulse it. He
looked at her face. The cold had
turned it a dead white, but it was be-
ginning to glow again, and he thought
it had never looked prettier.
Dolly he whispered, Il love you"
Her heart bounded. He loved her!
Oh! the blissful thought!
Dolly he whispered again. could
you care for me ever SO l~ittle?"
Yes" she murmured.
Their eyes, and then their lips, met.
After that l ( don't think either of them
minded the cold much.
They were prisoned in that sancti-
fed doorway an hour before the snow
abated. and then it took them another
twenty minutes to get home. They
were received with rejoicings.
I'VE thought you had got lost" said
the master of the house.
Dolly ran straight into her aunt's
arms and burst into a fit of Sobbing.
My poor child:' said the lady, ca
ressing her, you are overweight,
and no wonder. Tom, you haven't
taken proper care of her."
"Oh! but he has" said Dolly, smiling
through her tears. 1T isn't that"
"She has promised to be my wife,
said Tom.
The rest isn't worth telling.-N. Y
| Recorder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26

-Camlet was first made in England
during the reign of Elizabeth. 1t was
so called not, as somr suppose. from its
being made of camels hair, but from
River Camlet, in Montgomeryshire, on
which the first factory was located
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26

Dorking-Sambo. l suspect that you
know what became of my chickens last
night.
Sambo-Dat's where's you's wrong.
can prove an alibi. done had goose
TO supper las night.-N. Y. Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
HUMOROUS.

Very Appropriate.-Quite appro-
priately, green goods" are sold chiefly
to green men.-Somerville (Mass.)
Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
brady Caught at Last.

John Brady, the outlaw who robbed
the Oregon express about four months
ago and is also believed to have
murdered Cornelius Stage at Ingle-
side recently, was captured near Court.
land, California, late in the afternoon
Of the 26th ult. by a deputy sheriff and
q ranchman. Posses OF officers, de-
tectives and citizens have been scour-
ing the country for months in search
OF Brady, but the highwayman has
hitherto baffled all his pursuers. His
captors found him hiding under a
bridge. Wrapped in one of the bundles
carried by Brady was a shotgun stolen
from Wells, Fareo's messenger at the
train robbery near Wheatland, Califor.
mia. The gun is stamped "Wells,
Fargo * Co., 81" and has been posi-
lively identified. Brady is now in the
county Jail at Sacramento. He said
az am the man they are after butthey
are mistaken in thinking that robbed
the train or killed Bogard." He says
that he evaded pursuit because he goi
a bicycle from San Francisco at the
time Of the robbery and he thought
that would convict him. Brady ID
the exact counterpart of the photo
graph furnished to the police.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
A ColIie's Intelligence.

A collie in Scotland, whom l know
we'll, is in the habit Of fetching from
his masters room cap, slippers. keys,
or anything he is sent for. One day,
sent on the usual errand, he did not
reappear. His master followed and
found that the door Of the bedroom
had been blown to and that the dog
was a prisoner. Some days later he
was again told to fetch something,
and, as the wind was high, his master,
after a few minutes delay, followed
him. He found him in the act OF fix
ing the door firmly back with the door
mat. which he had rolled up for that
purpose, and having taken this pre-
caution the prudent animal proceeded
to look for the slippers. This same
collie, when walking with me, ran on
in front and rang the gate bell of the
house to which l was going, so that /
had not to wait when l arrived there.
London Spectator.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03

Dan Sullivan, who was better known
on the Comstock as Yankee" Sulli-
van, met with an accident in one OF
the mines Of johannesburg, South
Africa, on the 23d OF last June,
which has probably ere now caused
his death. A letter was received here
from Mr.. Norris, with whom Mr.. Sulli-
van left for South Africa, stating that
on the 23d Of June Sullivan was COM
ing up a shaft, when he in some man.
ner fell between the skip and the tim
bers. receiving injuries which the ply
stefan who was summoned pronounced
fatal.
Yankee" Sullivan, as he was
Familiarity known on the Comstock,
where he had resided for years. had at
different times worked for many Of
the mining companies on the lode.
He last worked at the Con. Virginia,
where he was shaft man. He was a
heavy set man. with large black nous
tache and bushy eyebrows. He had q
host OF friends here, who will deeply
regret to hear OF his misfortune
Enterprise.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
Canned the Climax,

An exchange tells that a good story
was heard the other day of a father
and mother who were trying to find
names for their twin babies, who, by
the way, we're girls. 1t was decided
that the father must name them.
After casting about and finding no
names that exactly suited him he de-
termined to end the strain on his mind
and named them Kate and Duplicate.
In the course Of time another pair Of
twins came and they were boys. This
was the husbands opportunity to get
even and he wanted his wife to
christen the boys. Imagine his feel
ings when the mother n day told
him she had named them Pete and
Repeat. But when the third pail
came the father grew frightened and
named them Max and Climax.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
NO SUICIDE FOR HIM.

He was a disconsolate looking man,
says the Detroit Free Press, and he
had been hanging about the wharf Of
the Cleveland lines SO long that q
policeman finally accosted him with:
You don't want to attempt any
monkey business around here, SIR"
"What do you mean?" asked the
man.
"Don't take no header into that
river"
Who's going to take a header? 1
guess there's 10 law to prevent q man
looking at the water"
That's all right" muttered the
officer, "but if you contemplate sui
eide"
What do l want to suicide for ?" de-
manded the stranger.
81 dunno. You seem to be hard up
and full OF trouble"
al do Ell? That shows all you
know about it. Here's how hard up l
ana roll figuring up three hundred
and fifty dollars. Here's how full Of
trouble l ana letter from a widow
worth fifteen thousand dollars saying
she'll marry me on the 18th of next
month. I'm feeling so blamed good
that l can hardly keep from yelling,
and yet you talk about suicide! You'd
better go off and chew a ragi"
The officer drew his club and looked
at him in a longing way, but finally
decided to spare him till another time.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
Alleged Counterfeit ng.

United States Attorney Jones and
Deputy U. S. Marshal Ferguson ar
rived from the Ferguson District re-
Gently after a long and tedious trip.
The Superintendent Of the DeLamar
Company was arrested and charged
with alleged counterfeiting and was
held to answer. The aluminium
money that has been issued and circu-
lated by the DeLamar Company will
ali be called in as the United States
statutes prohibit the issue of such
coins.-Reno Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03

Some years ago while travelling from
Kansas City to st. Louis the seat in
front Of me was occupied by a typical
cattleman and a man who looked like
an eastern clergyman. The western
mana whole souled, genial fellow, after
telling his companion all about his
western ranch and about the business
which called him to Chicago, reached
down in his grip and drew forth a bot
tie of generous proportions.
"Pardner," said he, there's the
best liquor west of Kansas City.
Throw a hooker into you and give me
your opinion"
The clerical looking man, though
terribly shocked, managed to say,
Friend, I have not drunk for 40
years."
The Texan jumped from his seat and
exclaimed: "Great gunsl ! would
give 81 900 for your thirst. Chicago
Times-H Herald.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03

Make great endings sometimes. Ailments
that we are apt to consider trivial often grow
through neglect. into strocious msladies,
dangerous in themselves and productive Of
others. II is the disregard Of the earlier In
dications OF Ill health which leads 10 the
establishment Of all sorts Of maladies on .
chronic basis. Moreover, there are certain
disorders incident to the season, such 40
malaria, and rheumatism, against which II
10 always deeirable 10 fortify the system
after exposure 70 the conditions which
produce them. Gold, damp and missma
are surely oounteracted by Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. After you have incurred
risk from these influences. Q wineglsssful
or two Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
directly afterwsrd should be swallowed.
For malaria. dyspepsia. liver complaint,
kidney and bladder trouble. u
and debility II Is the most d~eservedly po-
pulsr Of remedies and p~reventives. A
wineglassful before meals promotes sp-
petite.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03

Who is this Woodworking man ?
This is the millionaire, the man who
wanted TO be rich and got rich, and is
getting richer every day. Is he the
happier for it? Happy? Bless your
soul, he is more miserable, fuller Of
cares and anxieties and harder work
than ever. He is the veriest slave of
them all. He is pushed with business
and business is pushing him. He has
SO many irons in the fire that some of
them are burning his fingures while
others are getting cold. His present
life is a rush from the meeting OF this
board to the meeting of that board,
and thence 10 some other board. He
is director in this company trustee in
that and silent partner in another,
world without end and more coming.
He hasn't time to eat and hardly to
sleep, and when he does lay his poor
head on the pillow he can't stop bust
ness plans and schemes, hopes and
fears from whirling and wbirring
throughit it. He can't take aday tospend
in quiet out Of town, and ifhe could he
would take all of his business with
him into the woods. He is q slave
and q victim. His millions in bank
don't bring him SO much enjoyment
as a new ten-cent piece given q boy
ten years old. He is inflicted with the
mania for getting, and the more he
gets the more he wants. If you could
see him just as he is and where he is
inevitably going and how he is going
there you would pity him. He is one
of the coming victims of damentia
paralytica, the prevailing ailment
among so many Wall street men,
Texas Siftings,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
Annie Amends.

Madam" said the druggist hum
bly,, have come to make a confess
sion to you. You believe that your
husband, who died last week, COM
mitted suicide, but such is not the
case. Icannot conceal the truth any
longer-the clerk made a mistake and
gave him morphine in place Of quinine
he ordered"
"Oh, heavepsl sobbed the widow.
elf you had only discovered the mis-
take before it was too late
Eyes, madam I know it is too late
now to rectify the mistake, but I am
ready to make all the amends within
my power"
What oh what can you do?"
"Place yourself and children on the
free soda-water list. Puck.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03

Last Saturday and Sunday nights En-
reks ~Commsndsry No. 2. Knights Tenn.
plsr, conferred degrees on the following
named gentlemen: DR.. J. W. Petty Of
Wells, Geo. W. Peltier OF Lovslocks and
our fellow iownsman r. X. Morrison.
After the initiation ceremonies we're con
cluded ell present repaired TO the banque,
room Of the Masonic hall, where . sumpt-
uous supper Was served and an evening Of
good fellowship was spen, In . most agree
able manner
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
No Monkey Ranch.

Reno Journal: A bicycle rider took
a trip up the river several days ago
and had occasion to use a monkey
wrench to make some slight repairs to
his cycle. He stopped at the door of
a farm house and asked for one. The
proprietor, who was an Italian, re-
piled: "No, l no gotta da monka
rancha, l gotta da vegetable rancha
l raisa da potato, da cabbagea; nc
raisa da monka-too hard times raiss
monka."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03


Senator Voorhees, is credited with
the following story:
1t seems that he had met an old
friend on the street here, who had
been very i'll with the grip, but had
recovered and was as spry al a spring
calf running around the pasture.
"What did the doctor give your"
said he.
1.-TWO tablespoonfuls of whisky
every hour"
"Ah, that accounts for it. That is
the great Kentucky remedy, and your
doctor must have been a K~entuckian.'
"He is and never lost a patient-in
Kentucky Washington Post.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
Fredericks Hung at San Quentin.

F~rederieks Hung at San Quentin.
VIM. NJ. Fredericks was hanged
Friday the 26th ult. for the murder Of
Cashier William A. Herrick Of the
San Francisco Savings Union branch
bank on March %, 1894. Fredericks
showed no on the gallows.
He made a speech he had committed
to memory and when he had to be
prompted laughed. In continuance he
said: "By the will Of an O~mnipotent
Creator / die in the Roman Catholic
church. l cheerfully consign myself
10 the will Of one over and above all (;
amen" "Amen" repeated his adj
visors. His arms had been pinioned,
and when he concluded Lunt dropped
the moose over Fredericks head. He
stood as firm as a rock, and turning to
the warden who stood behind him
wished him TO make il tight" Lunt
held il till the cap was adjusted, then
gave il a tightening jerk and raised his
right hand. Fredericks shot down
the length of the rope and died with
out a tremor. Within eleven minutes
the physicians pronounced life extinct
and the body of Fredericks was cut
down. He will carry TO the grave the
secret OF his crimes.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
Remarkable Growth of a sick Girl.

Physicians in Jacksonville, Ind,
are much mystifed by the case of
Grace Dougherty, IA years old, who is
believed to be dying at the home of
her parents in that city. In three
months illness she has grown a foot
in height. The symptoms first indi-
Gated dropsy, and the attending ply
stefan said that was the cause Of her
ailment Ever since her illness she
has grown with vigor. being only five
feet tall when taken i'll. When meas
ured in the presence Of a number of
physicians Wednesday she was found
to be a fraction OF an inch less than
six feet tall. The growth has been
uniform all over her body. When she
was taken i'll she was very leshy, but
now she is emaciated, being MOTH
ing but skin and bones. Her father is
the superintendent OF the gas company
OF Richmond, Kentucky.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
nevada Hopeful OF the future.

The people Of Nevada have much to
contemplate in the future which is
hopeful. As yet the mineral and
agricultural resources OF Nevada are
in their chrysalis state Of develop
ment. II requires the investment Of
capital in this State only to make the
people Of Nevada among the most
prosperous in the land, and the tide
OF investment is already unquestion-
ably setting toward her shores, and
will continue to roll in. The great
and varied undeveloped Of
this State supply it with sails so ad-
justed that they may catch the first
breeze of capital that springs up. 1t
can also take advantage OF such a
breeze, no matter from which direc-
ton il comes, and take the utmost
advantage of it. Many months ago it
was prophesied that with the restora-
ton Of prosperity, Nevada would be
among the first Of the States to derive
a benefit from the reaching out OF
after investment. This pro-
phesy has, in a measure, been full
filed, and nearly every day is chron-
icled the investment Of fresh capital
within the boundaries OF Nevada.
The outlook is favorable for further
revival during the coming Autumn,
and, although it will not be as vigor-
GUS ash would be il bimetallism were
reestablished, it will help Nevada as
much as it will any State in the Union.
Silver State.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03

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and best that progressive science can fur
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look Of hair with name and age. \
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-03
Protect the Game and Fish.

Shoot or fish only In the proper season
and escape the game warden by observing
the laws. Many states have new game and
fish laws this year, and il you don't know
them, send five &c stamps for . copy Of the
Game Law issue OF The American Field,
245 State st., Chicago.