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were proposed. Mr. Lindheimer was elected unanimously 

 to this position and assumed with it the obligation of "stand- 

 ing security for the total cost, outlay, etc." of the paper. 

 About two-thirds of the amount required was subscribed and 

 he contributed the balance, so that the first number of the 

 Neu Braunf elser Zeitung appeared in November of that year 

 —the first German paper in Texas worthy of the name. After 

 the beginning of the publication of the Zeitung, many of those 

 who had contributed to its purchase desired that Mr. Lind- 

 heimer return the amount of their subscriptions in printing, 

 advertisements and subscription to the paper or in cash, 

 which was done, and the paper became his personal property. 

 For twenty years he was editor and publisher of this paper, 

 and only the infirmities of age compelled him to lay aside his 

 duties. The Neu Braunf elser Zeitung was nominally Demo- 

 cratic, but was really intended and actually conducted im- 

 partially in the interests of the whole people and the editor 

 was ever fearless in guarding them against private interest 

 and political graft, always, however, leaving his columns open 

 for the expression of the views of his opponents. With his 

 customary modesty he never republished any of the praise 

 received from out-of-town newspapers and was able to say 

 on his retirement that he had never spoken against his con- 

 victions in his editorial management. His work as editor 

 "yielded him but little pleasure and many annoyances, but, 

 as in other things, here too the work itself was pleasure 

 enough for him. The contents of the paper were frequently 

 above the heads of the majority of his readers, but he did not 

 write to suit the masses, but to uplift them, and thus the first 

 18 volumes of the Neu Braunfelser Zeitung offer, even at the 

 present day, a rich treasure of instructive reading to the edu- 

 cated man." 



In addition to his work as editor, during his later life Mr. 

 Lindheimer assumed many public duties. He conducted a 

 private free school for advanced pupils. He served as Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction in his county for several 

 terms and was the first Justice of the Peace of New Braun- 

 fels, till increasing age forced him to rest from his labors. 



His botanical work can be best appreciated by remember- 



