The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-15
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 John Aufdemhaus Is the proprietor of hotel in Braddock which bears his name. He is to-day a very successful business man, but his life has been filled with incidents of a startling char acter Though only forty years of age, he has crossed the ocean sixty-fve times. MT. Aufdcmhaus was from the castellated city of Culm, on the banks of the beautiful Rhine in Germany. His education was liberal. When he was thirteen years old both of his pa- rents died and he entered one of the big iron mills of the fatherland. A couple of years later he became imbued with the spirit of travel and set out for Brazil, having in his possession four hundred dollars, the result of his fru- gality while employed in the mill
 He had not been in that country long before his money ran out, and he found himself penniless and hungry Slave ry existed in Brazil at that time and in a. fit of desperation he sold himself as a slave for two hundred millreis, equiva- lent to two hundred dollars in United States coin. His disposition of him. self in this manner meant that for the balance of his life he was the property of another, and as such could be trans ferred just the same as an animal. His master sent him along with two hun dred other slaves out to coffee and fruit plantation, where he labored along with his fellows, most of whom were negroes, and in return for his la Dor received what he could eat and the necessary clothing, and nothing else. Fortunately for the young man, he re- tained possession of two watches, and, giving one of them to the overseer, was made slave-driver.
 One day, eight months after becom- ing a slave, he was sent to the coast with one hundred slaves in his charge with loads of fruit dye woods and cof- fee. Arriving at the coast young Auf- demhaus found that the little vessel to which the goods in his care were con- signed was the same vessel on which he had come to Brazil, and he lost no time in explaining his situation to the captain, who agreed to take him back provided he could escape.
 The vessel was to sail in the evening, and the last of the goods had been placed on board and the slaves had been ordered ashore, and before they had reached it the big ship had spread her sails and was scudding homeward, and the horrors of the slave pen were left behind. The return trip was made in safety, but young Aufdemhaus was not satisfied and entered the employ of the Red Star line and remained with that company for period of six years in the capacity of cook and butcher. While thus engaged he crossed the At lantic siXty-five times, winding up his last voyage by winning a wager of five hundred dollars by swimming from his vessel to point at one of the piers in New York harbor, reaching the goal ten minutes ahead of time, having been in the water two hours and twenty minutes. Seventeen years ago he came to Braddock without 8 dollar iii his pocket and went to work in the mill. To-day he is the successful proprietor of one of the towns most prosperous hotels.-Pittsburg Post.