The Southern herald., 1885-11-28

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Of dssth stole ever he features Vas that
Of d.. Francis 81 Daumsr, . prominent
leader among the bsni ofsnthusiasts Who.
in lSis, set Europs in q blaze Of revelu
tion. He was born ssvsnty-avs years ago
In Boaemia, where his father was a Gov
srnmsnt osiciaI Of some prominence, aud
ths yunng man recsivsd q hsst-elass edu-
cation. be studied medicine in the uni
vsrsiiies OF Bonn and Magdsburg, and
received his diploma in lSl0 Among bis
fellow Students At Bonn vas Carl SehuTE
For six years d.. Daumsr served IS sur
geon in the Prussian army. When lS4S
cams Fith its social upheaval Daumsr
was one Of the many young men Of
good birth and education who
sspoussd the cause Of liberty,
and be became intimately associated with
Robsr. Blum, Frederick Heeker, Carl
Sc urE aud other Wsll-knoWn revolu-
ticnary leaders Danmer was arrested for
high treason and spent four years IN the
dungeons Of the fortress Of Rastadt,
Eareb breitstsin. Preussninien and Jul.ch.
Ia Rastsdt he spens two years in solitary
confinement, and was one Of a number
sentenced 20 Be sho- Il was decided.
however, to exsmp. by lot two Of these
and remove them 70 Ehrenbreits iein.
Daunier was one OF the two exempted In
Julich prison Daumer and a companion
crossed the dead line in an effort TO escape;
the guard fired, and Danmsr's companion
fell dead by his side. The doctor go.
bayonet wound In the thigh, and was sent
to the prison hospital. One dark night be
escaped, as was suspected, through the
completely OF the prison surgeon, who had
been his classmate in the university.
Daumer made his way to Londoa and de.
votsd himself 10 his profession. He mar
risd unaappily, and came alone to New
YORK. This was in 1857, and soon after
that be removed to Paterson.
II DR.. Daumsr's career had been unusual
in its stirring events, his personal eharac.
ter and mode Of living were equally so in
eecentricity. He lived alone, hermit, in
dingy rooms In the thiokest settled part Of
Paterson. The rooms were a marvel OF
disorder, dirt and dilapidaton. Bottles
and papers Of drugs were piled and scat.
tered everywhere. The only thing that
could be called adornmsnt was a rude
print on the wall, entitled "The Liberty Of
Europe on Its Bier" and representing
Liberty dead. with Hecker, Blum and
other heroes OF 1913 as mourners. The
drawers Of long table were packed with
heterogeneous collection OF all sorts Of
things. One drawer contained vaccine
quills, boxes Of pills, old coins, bottles Of
medicine, three DO led eggs. a petrifed
biscuit, spools of thread, cigar bltts, socks,
pictures Of actresses, bag OF salt, knives,
forks, spoons, and other ill.assorted rub.
bish. He slept on an old lounge, and his
covering was some blankets. There is a
crack in the wall of the old house which
lets daylight shine in or rain trichle, but
the doctor never would have It mended;
anything in the shape Of repair or dis.
turbance was his aversion. The most re.
markable trait Of his character was his
friendship for spi 'ers. While in solitary
confinement in German dungeons they had
been to him, as to the prisoner Of Chlllon,
his sole companions. He had made pets Of
the insects there and he brought his affec-
tion into his life in free land. He never
allowed one Of the spiders or any of the
webs with which the walls Of his room
were covered TO be touched. II he laid
down package of medicine or a surgical
instrument in the evening and found q
spiders web attached to it in the morning
be would not move it, but would, II neces
Sary, go out and buy q new article to re
place what the spider had "squatted" on,
The doctors will leaves everything to his
friend, Louis Kirsinger, and, as Mr.. Kir
singer is not particularly fond Of spiders
IL is probable that old ''Cobweb Hall" il
Ellison street will be cleaned out ct las
after many years, and that several aston
ished spiders will be sent scurrying fortl
from the dingy Businesses where they AM
their ancestors have long dwelt undis
turbed by broom or mon.