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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-12-28

Meniger aus Geborfan, als ouslle.
berraf9ina i,nb Gurdt: benn ipie iih-
bic aeIpenftiae 0anb erbeb. borte er
beripirrteHlange hurtb bic 2uft fhtpirs
rem ilnb inslsIammenbdneenpe S0ne
hes Rldgens unb bes Qeibes, unIagbar,
fbmer3ensboll unb reuig. Das Sc
frsnft borbte ibnen eine Wsile gu unb
itimmte bann in bas Rlaaelieo elm;
6ann idtpebte es in bic huntle. folte
Ncht btneus.
6eroose trat an bas aenifer, bon
Der Neuaier Biz aur @erapeiflung ge>
trieben. Gr fub binaus.
Ote 2uft ipar nit 5bdften drtses
flint. inelcbe in rubslofer Sait unb tlas
senb bin unb ber fhsrebten. eyeber trug
eine Settle, tpie Marlep's @eiit; einiee
.pentse iparen aufammenaefbniebet
(tpabrideinlib fhulbtge Miniiterten),
teines mar aans feReIlos. Wiele tparen
Gcrooae ipGbrenb ibres 2ebens befannt
eefreien. 8ans eenau bate er einen alz
ten 8eilt In elmer ipetben Meite gez
tannt. ipelder einen unsebeuren eiftr>
men gelbtaiten binter fib beri9leppte
uno idmmerlih ihrie, etnem arnleH,
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fteben au fonnen, tpeld1s unten auf ei=
rcr5biirf fdipeae faB. Man fab es flat,
tire pein mar, iib umfonf beitreben
81, miiifen, ben Menfdxn @utes su
thun unb bic Ma9t basu auf INNER
perloren 5u baben.
Ob biefs Wefen in bem NebeI ser>
sinsen, ober Oh fie Der Nebel einbiinte,
lpubte er ntt* su fassn. Mber fie unb
ibre 9eipeniterftimmen persinsen 81
s.eider 3eit unb bic Na9t ipurbe ipte=
Der 10. tpie iie Bel ieinem Ra9baufez
eeben setpeIen mar.
Scrocge f6loB bas Teniter unt uns
terfubte bte Sbiir. burb ipelde bas
9efpenft beretnaetommen tpar. Sic
ipar nod berfMoHen unb perrieselt
irie berber. gr perfubte 3u iasen:,
blmmes 3eue. aber blieb Bel Der erften
Gblbe fteden, unb ba CT bon Der innez
rem 8epeauna, ober bon ben Anitren=
suneeu bes Saees. orer bon ieinem
ginblid in bic uniidtbare W.It, ober
Der 1lnterhaltuna nit benz Geipeni.
ober Der fpdten @tunbe febr erfh0pft
trorben mar, eina ct ioolei6 au 8ett,
chne ii6 ausauaieben. unb fant |baeu
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-12-28
nettes 6 pitel.
Der grite ber brei Settler.

Ils Scrooae tpieber auftpaAte. trer
es 10 finfter, hab er taum bas burhs
ii6tige 5eniter BON ben Wdnben feines
9immers unterf9eiben tpnnte. gr Be-
miibte fih, bic Siniternib nit feinen
aabenallgeu gu bur9brinaen, als bic
glods eiNes 5burmes in Der 0aboarz
i6oft biertelte. gr laufhte. nm bic
etunoe fAlagen 81 b1ren.
gu ieinem sroben gritaunen fblua
sie @lode fort. bon feds gu fieben
uno BON iieben 81, adt uno 70 tpeitsr
Els atp0lf; bonn f9tpteg iie.
3nolf! gs mar 3tpei poriiber aetpsz
fen, als er iid 81 @ett selegt bate.
0as lbrpert mu5te falid ssben. Gin
gis3apfen r1ubte 5iptT9en bic RGber
setpmmen fetu. 3tpDlf!
gr briidte an bic syeber Ieiner Repes
ttrubr Inn LerIelben nahsuhelfen. Shr
tleiner, lebenoiser Puls ihlus 3m0lf.
uno ihtptes.
rWas! es III bod nibt mDalid,"
fogte Serooae, ri6 folIte ben aunaen
Sag unb tief in bic anbere Noht aes
ihlafen babene Sc 1T bo1 nidt mDqs
lid. bab Der Sonne ettpas paiIirt unb
baB es Mittogs um 3p0lf it,"
Wlit bieiem unrubigen Gebuntsn bes
i91ftist. ftieg ct aug benz Bett unb
tcppte bts on bas fSenter. Gr mubte
eas @is erit neafraben unb bas sTens
fter nit bem Nermel feines9Mafrodes
abtpiiden. ebe CT etras ieben tonnte;
nnb auh bernat tonnte ~er nur 5ehr
tpenis feben.. Nlles, mas Ct sepabrcn
trnnte, mar, bag es nod iebr nebeIig
ilnb febr tdlt mar, unb bab man nitht
ben Qdrm bin= unb bereilenber leute
E0rte, ber bod setpib ftattaefunhsn
tctte, tpenn Raebt ben belIen gag pers
trieben unS feIb{t BefB bon Der Welt
cerommeu bate. Das tpar elm GROCER
Sroft, neil rbrei Sage nab 6i9t bes
sdblen Gle biefen primalpe9iel an
Wir. gbeneser Serooae ober beHen
Nrbre II. (. m" cine blofe Dereiniste
@.tanteu=Stdyrheit sepefen mare,
tpenn es teine Sage mebr sob, um boz
rch su sdblen.
Serooge leete ii9 tpieber ins Bstt
lnb tadte bariiber bin unb her. fonnte
aber gu teinem S6lri1e tommen. Sc
n,ebr ct nahoahte. beIto beripirrter
tpurbe er; rnb ie mebr er iih beftrstte,
niht nah8ubenlen. befo mebr bohte
ct na6. Nlariep's Geift mohte ihm biel
au fhaffen. MIemal irenn ct nah reifz
lt4er ueberlegung gu benz feiten gnt=
fbluB gefommen tnor. bas @anae MIR
fir einsn 9raum 81 bnlten. faos iein
@eift tpie cine itarte bonn Druid befreite
6eber tpieber in bic alte Gage auriid
rnb legte ibm bieielbe syrage ipieber
bor. bic er fhon aebnmal iiberlest
bate: Mar es Elm Irautr ober nift9
G5erooae biieb in biefem 3uitonbe
lie9en, Bis es ipieber breiDierte! i1lug.
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Geift ibm eine grIdrinung nit hem
G1laaegins berfproden bate. go be-
fhlob ct tpa1 3u bleiben. Biz bic
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bchentt. bah er eben 70 rsnig fMofen,
cls In ben0immel fpmmen fonrte, mar
nies aenib Der tliigite gntf4luB. ben
er fafen tonnte.
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n.iibte unptrftttns ii Ghlof aefolIen
jein unb bic llbr iiberb0rt habtn.
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11
Incidents of the Youthful Days of the
Hero of Manila. Born Leader.

Burlington Vt) Correspondence: DR..
Julius Dewey, the father Of the ad-
miral, while earning the means with
which to pay for his professional
training by teaching school in YER
mont, acquired habits Of economy
which chung to him through life.
After his marriage and establish
ment In Montpelier, large family con-
nection living in his native town, Ber-
lin' four miles distant, fell into a way
when business called them to the cap
ital OF stopping with their teams at his
house.
The doctor stood 1t for a time in
silence, but on a certain market day
his patience suddenly gave way, and,
meeting his guests at the gate, he
directed them to hotel in an adjacent
square, where he assured them they
would find better accommodations than
he could furnish, and at current
rates"
From this incident, which he fire.
quently related, he dated his prosper
ity. He had always high sense of his
religious obligations, however, and
was, indeed, the founder Of Christ
Protestant Episcopal church in Mont
pelier. where his distinguished son was
baptized. attended Sunday school and
was confirmed. and which became the
ecclesiastical home of the family. The
house which he occupied. and in which
all Of his children we're born, was orig
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11
CAN MAN STAND 1000 VOLTS?

quires a current Of from seventeen to
$500 volts in cases of electrocution and
II the report Of Joseph Hampel be cor
rect, then l say many persons having
been electrocuted and declared scien-
tiically dead have been buried alive
And no current Of 1000 volts could
burn a hole in floor large enough for
a man to fall through"
City Electrician Edward B. Ellicott
said on the subject: at is impossible
for the man to have received so great
shock In power house, for no street
car line in the United States uses a
greater current than 500 volts. Again
II the mans body was burned black II
was not from the electrical shock for
1t is not reported as forceful enough
to cause him to turn color, but must
have been caused by the burning OF his
clothes. 1t is possible for a man to
survive shock of 1000 volts, provid-
ed 1t did not strike him on a vital
spot. One of the city electricians was
injured last year by current of 1000
volts force, and no holes were made in
the floor, nor did his clothing catch
fire, but he lived. The blow came on
his arm, between the hand and elbow.
He was in hospital for six months.
and after that seemed to be all right"
Chicago Chronicle,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

1t Is strange coincidence that the
Armour felt and curled-hair works
should have burned just as Alfred
Dodge, founder of Dolgeville, N. Y, and
former millionaire, had arranged to
make a new start in life by taking
charge of the plant. Dolge's career
has been romantic one. He arrived
in this country penniless emirant
boy. Thrift and hard work made him
prominent as a manufacturer, and
finally he went up into the foothills
Of the Adirondack mountains, bought
huge tract Of land and started the
town Of Dolgeville. The firm Of Alfred
Dodge & Son was interested in nearly
every enterprise in the village. They
controlled six or eight factories, ran a
weekly newspaper and became famous
as the leading piano felt manufacturers
Of the country. Among their many
employees they put into practice a sys-
tenn Of profit sharing. The firm also
furnished life insurance and gave old
age pensions to deserving employees.
Dolgeville was much like patriarchal
community, with Alfred Dodge at the
head Of 1t. After the failure of the
firm creditors began supplementary
proceedings which left Mr.. Dodge prac-
tically without means. The burning
Of the Armour works must therefore
come to him as a severe blow. His
son, Rudolf Dodge, is now the agent of
some American manufacturers In Cara
cas-, Venezuela.
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support for the head, and, summoaIng
the little visitor, the operator directed
him to stand behind her. put his hands
on either side Of her face, and let her
bruce herself against his shoulder.
Il did as / was told" continued the
narrator, "but at the first twist of the
old-fashioned turnkey the patient ut
tered yell which. never having heard
an Indian war wnoop. thrilled me with
horror, and. deserving my post, | fed
in dismay. In an instant George was
in my place, and can see now the set
look of determination upon his face
and the resolute pose Of his sturdy
little figure, as with the lady's head
pillowed upon his breast, he grasped
an ear firmly with either small hand.
When the tooth was out and we
were again alone he endeavored to con-
vince me that q 'woman's screams
couldn't hurt but had my own opin-
lon on the subject, which logic failed
to alter"
On another occasion when the two
boys had come into possession Of a
bottle OF maple syrup they agreed to
go to the schoolhouse, where a fire still
burned in the stove. and sugar It,"
Upon their arrival they happened to
try the door leading to an upper room
and, finding it fast, although there was
no lock upon it, they concluded that
1t was being held by some intruder
who. intent upon mischief, had con-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11
BIO FEES.
European Physicians Obtain Fortunes
for a Single Operation,

European Physicians Obtain Fortunes
for Single Operation.
Several European physicians have
made fortunes by single operations.
DR.. Thomas Dimsdale, Hertfordshire
specialist, who was summoned to st.
Petersburg in 1852 to vaccinate EN-
press Catherine H., received 100000
and pension of $500 a year. A GER
tain DR.. Butler, who had obtained a
worldwide reputation for his opera
lions in lithotomy, received a lakh of
rupees (then worth $5O,OOO) from each
of six Indian Rajahs for relieving them
from their pains. The late car of
Russia paid Prof. Zacherine, noted
specialist Of Moscow, $4,000 for two
days attendance. DR.. Gale, OF Bristol
received check for $250,00O for cur
ing a certain prominent nobleman of a
diseased knee. DR.. Gale YowsH. who
travelled all the way to Teheran to at
tend the son Of the late shah, received
$4,000 and his expenses. Sir William
Jenner received a baronetcy and $780,
600 for four weeks attendance at the
bedside Of the prince of Wales. Sir
Morell Mackenzie received 100000 for
attending the Emperor Frederick.
Perhaps the most extravagant fee Of
all, however. is that of an English
army surgeon, who charged an Indian
rajah $4,000 for one prescription in a
simple case of rheumatism.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

In his element. leading the way IN
every daring enterprise and acquiring
that hardihood and utter disregard OF
danger Of which the victory at Manila
was the glorious outcome. II was
while guiding his Ice raft past bridges
and piers. over c-oss-currents formed
by the influx Of lesser tributaries and
around quick bends in the river, that
he learned his first lessons in the
science Of navigation.
What man has done, man can do"
was the motto which formed the pro-
pelling power OF his young life, carry
Ing him through every boyish under
taking. Who knows but that II may
have inspired his later achievements
as we'll?
OF his experience at the Washington
County grammar school in Montpelier,
the first educational institution which
he attended, much has already been
written. Its pupils, taught by first
one teacher and then another, had &C
CURED the reputation of being rather
difficult subjects, and Dewey is said to
have taken an active part In the ini-
tiatory hazing to which each new prin-
cipal was subjected and to have been
the ring-leader in the revolts which
marked the remainder of his connec-
ton with the school.
When the Hon. Zebina K. Pangborn,
ex-mayor of Jersey City, and now the
editor and proprietor Of the Jersey City
Evening Journal, consented to take
charge of these refractory young peo-
pie at a salary Of 1925 a week. 1t was
with the determination to establish a
system Of discipline amo-g them to
which they we're strangers. Dewey
being the first to rebel, was made ar
example of after the manner already
described.
1t is said that, meeting Maj. Pang
born in Washington two years ago, thu
admiral told him that all that wal
worthy Of consideration In his char
acter had its beginning on that day.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

A report has come from New York Of
a man having received an electric
shock sufficient to run four lines OF
trolley and to furnish hundreds OF
lights, and yet he lived to tell of 1t.
This is the story:
New York special: Joseph Hampel,
an employee Of the Lexington avenue
cable power house, while working at
his switchboard received and survived
an electric shock of about 1000 volts.
The mans body was burned black from
head to foot; every stitch Of clothing
was torn from him and he fell sense
less through hole instantaneously
burned in the floor by the terrific cleo
trical power. The doctors who at
tended him say there is no case on rec
ord of a man withstanding similar
shock The accident was caused
through Hampel trying to tighten
loose screw on the switchboard and in
some way creating a circuit. The
enormous power of the shock may be
judged from the fact that until the
circuits were readjusted all the cars OF
the road were brought to a standstill."
The report is discredited in Chicago.
One of the leading electricians of the
Edison company said: Such thing
could not occur, and l regard the dis
patcn purely as fairy tale It re-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11
WHEN DEWEY WAS A BOY.

The plug was not driven In with suf-
heient force. however, and was blown
out without making the desired report.
Running forward with one impulse, the
boys would have recharged, but George,
waving them back, exclaimed: Zone
mans life Is enough at q time,' and
going to the log, was proceeding TO
pour in more powder. wheG 1t ex-
ploded directly In his face.
With eyes fast shut he made straight
for the raintub, and. plunging his head
In, shook 1t violently about. When he
raised ii, with hair all singed and eye
brows and lashes gone, he presented a
strangely altered appearance; but there
was not culver on the small, powder
burned face. as. turning to his COM
panions, he asked:
Does 1t show muchl"
The least candid OF them was Obliged
to admit that it did; but George, still
sanguine Of escaping detection. hoped
that after 1t stopped smarting It would
look better"
When the doctor returned from the
distant call that evening, however, he
found patient awaiting him at home;
and in the quiet seclusion of the two
or three days following the adventure
the future admiral had leisure in which
to concoct new plans for the entertain
ment of himself and his young friends
During the Mexican war he was an
ardent worshiper at the shrine Of Gen
Taylor, who clicked the enemy every
time" He never tired of looking at
picture Of him which hung in his owr
home; and when the boys, catching tn,
military spirit which pervaded the air
fought sham battles. he always in.
sisted upon personating "old lack,
assigning the part Of Santa Anna to
some one else. an apportionment Of
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

inally exceedingly small, but was sew
eral times added to.
Within the last two or three years,
wishing to replace this modest struc-
ture with a handsomer, more modern
edifice, Edward Dewey, the second son,
sold the dwelling and barn (retaining
the grounds) for $780, Three days
afterward the buildings were resold for
$500. the last purchaser, who paid the
cost Of removal, placing them on a lot
on State street.
Since the battle of Manila this house,
as the birthplace and early home Of its
hero, has been an object of interest to
tourists and relichunters. The latter,
indeed, have threatened to carry it
away piecemeal, souvenir fiend in one
instance wrenching off a silver plated
faucet and leaving the water running
In the bathroom with the pressure Of
the full system of 1853 pounds.
OF characteristic stories of Dewey
many are preserved in the mental
archives of those who were his com
panions in the boyish escapades of
which he was the instigator, and in
which he always played a prominent
part.
An incident in his earliest boyhood,
graphically portrayed by one Of these,
brings wildly before us a delightful
tragi-comedy, with the dramatis per-
sonae and stage setting of front yard
and vine-clad cottage.
AS the two children were at play one
morning lady, with the indubitable
toothache symptoms of swollen face
and hand pressed to cheek, alighted
from a vehicle before the gate and
asked to see the doctor. Deciding to
apply the only infallible remedy, and
wishing to get the best light upon his
patient, that gentleman asked that she
would take her seat in the front door
way, resting her feet on the upper step.
But here new diliculty arose. The
improvised dental chair provided no
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

characters sometimes resulting In a
mutiny.
One night one of the younger set,
then "6-year-old," and not allowed to
go with the big boys, recalls the fasci-
nation which his society had for him,
and the hair-erecting stories of the
yellow-back variety with which he
sometimes regaled him. On a certain
memorable evening the smaller boy.
stealing away from home at dusk,
Joined young Dewey and two of his
associates and accompanied them up a
deep ravine to an old-fashioned saw
mill, which they set in motion. the
double object thus accomplished being
the seeing of "the old thing shake
itself to pieces" and the securing of
days holiday for their friend, the mil
ier's son, by the suspension of opera
lions consequent upon draining the
pond.
The immense amount Of snow which
rails in the mountains and valleys of
New England and the large deposits of
Ice which form its rivers make the
breaking up of winter in that far
northern climate a period to which
every boy endowed with a spirit OF
adventure looks eagerly forward.
Two small rivers, the Winooski and
the Onion, come together in Montpelier
In such way as to form the letter T,
and around this letter the town In
built. In the spring, when these streams
are swollen by the melting SHOWS and
pieces of Ice are hurried along by the
current, the boy who gets upon the
smallest cake" which will bear his
Notwithstanding often in water four
or FIVE inches deep-and succeeds in
effecting a landing upon the mass Of
pulverized Ice. interspersed with huge
end-wise and criss-cross blocks, which
lodges six miles below, becomes the
hero of the hour.
On such occasions xnnus Dewey was
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

Even the horror-fed public OF to-
day might well be temporarily startled
by the statement of Sir Crichton
Browne, that wicked persons with q
modern scientific training might poison
with impunity. Doctors are charged
with creating scares, but IL most of
them spoke all they knew they would
tell the public not what might be, but
what is-that murder under the very
eyes of careful doctors may often BE-
done with impunity"
First, particularly note this fact, for
1t has a vital bearing on what l am
going to say. There is scarcely one
poisoner OF the present century ulti-
rlately brought to justice, who had
not served a sort Of horrible appren-
ticeship to poisoning, and knew that
1t might generally be done without
fear. Scarcely one of the list has there
been who has not poisoned others be-
fore those in respect of whom the final
trial took place. Drs. Pritchard, Palm
er and Lamson, and Neill-Cream, and
the bag as to whom a great Judge said
to Montague Williams. who had de-
Tended her: To-day | have sentenced
to death the most terrible criminal
OF the century, All these had pois-
oned. seemingly undetected till the
final catastrophe came. Remember
that even the very last on the list
Walter Horsford-had probably, scath-
less, murdered two people before the
victim who was avenged Then re-
member that even the victims in re-
spect Of whom these murderers were
tried had nearly all been buried for
periods shorter nor longer, and had
been exhumed Each of these execrated
murderers has positively been lured
on by the immunity he enjoyed.
l want to show you the amazing
diniculty that even a doctor of the
most distinguished skill may labor I'M
der in such cases, and to show also
that the medical men who attended
on the earlier victims of notorious
prisoners were wanting neither in skill
nor foresight. Quite half dozen noted
doctors, friends OF mine, have told
me of cases attended by them where
they felt little moral doubt that the
patient was being murdered, and yet
they had to keep silence. Put yourself
In the position of young and clever
doctor practicing amongst local COM
munity who is called to a patient OF
some position. He actually suspects
that the latter is being poisoned, and
then ensues an awful dilemma. In
whom is he to confide? II he told his
suspicious to the patient the shock
might cause the most serious results;
besides. cruel injustice would be pos
sible. in that the patient might at