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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-16
Cost Of Selling State Secrets in
Germany.

The remarkable trial which has been
in progress for several days at Leipsic
before the Supreme Court of the Ger
man Empire had ended in the manner
at which our Berlin correspondent
limited. Both of the prisoners have
been found guilty. Captain Hentsch,
as the chief criminal, has been sentenced
to nine years penal servitude; krasz-
ewski, as second in guilt, is to be con-
fined for three years and half in a
fortress. The trial is worth the while
studying, if only for the side light which
it throws upon the relations between
Germany and some of her neighbors.
The oflense for which Hentsch and
Kraszewski are to suffer is that they
sold to foreign governments military
secrets which, in the interest of
the German Empire, ought not to have
been disclosed. Perhaps every COM
plete criminal code ought to provide for
this offense; but it is, in all probability,
unknown to our law. Were a clerk
from our war Office to diyulge military
secrets he would escape severe punish
ment; his olense would entail at most
expulsion, unless he were foolish
enough to purloin some document and
lay himself open to the charge Of theft.
but in legis(ating for military State,
such as Germany, different course
has been taken. The German criminal
code contains minute and stringent pro-
visions as to the Oflense of giving in
time of war information relating to
fortresses, movements of troops or
plans of campaigns. 1t also makes
it an Otiense to communicate,
even in time of peace, matters which
it is for the interest of the en-
pire should not be divulged to a foreign
power. This prohibition is elastic and
comprehensive. 1t enabled Prince Bis
marck to ruin Count Arnim on the
ground that in his pamphlet, PRO Nj
lilly" he published secrets officially in
| trusted to him; and it has been brought
to bear with equal success against Cap,
| tain Hentsch and Kraszewski. That
they had infringed this provision of the
criminal code admitted of little doubt.
The former had exceptional opportuni-
| ties for prying into the secrets of the
grand general staff. Once an officer in
the Prussian army, and afterwards en-
ployed in the telegraph office at Berlin,
he was well acquainted with officers Of
high rank in the army, and he pos
sessed considerable reputation as a
writer on military subjects. Kras-
zewski, the other prisoner, is man of
mark. He would be remarkable in the
history of literature if only because, he
had written some 800 volumes. includ-
ing about 200 novels. A fertile and
successfulnovelist, poet historian and
critic, he had endeared himself to all
Poles by his LONG continued services to
their national literature; and they will
learn with deep regret that he is con-
victed of playing part in the intrigue
| which has been the subject of inyesti-
cation before the supreme court The
counsel for the prosecution did not dis
| tinctly explain what motives had led a
man of letters, advanced in years, whose
interest in politics had been chiefly plo-
tonic, to engage in the hazardous game
of the conspirators; but the evidence
was clear as to his guilt. London Times
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A Notifying Mistake.

Conductor, will you please tell me
at what time this train will reach
BostonP"
"Well, really, madam, 1 can not
say" he replied, punching her ticket.
isn't it little singular?" she asked,
somewhat surprised "that you can not
give me this information"
"Not at all singular. The train may
never reach Boston, but it is due there
at $780,"
. The young woman sank back in her
seat mortified that she, Boston girl,
should have made such stupid mistake.
IN. Y. Sun.
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PARTING.


FROM THE Low GERMAN.
You saw me safely up the hill,
crhe day was almost SPENT,
And there you told me you must go:
We parted, and you went.
But stood still and watched the woods
Glow with the setting sun,
And gaZed upon the little path
That you were winding down.
And there the spire amongst the trees,
Still in the sunlight CLEANED,
But turned down the other side,
And oh, now dark it seemed.
In dreams, how many times since then
I've parted from you so?
My heart dwells on the hilltop yet,
And gazes down below.
-Tern11Te RUT
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Vinegar pie: One egg, one heap
ing tablespoon of Aour, one teacup of
sugar; beat all well together, and add
one tablespoon sharp vinegar, and one
teacup of cold water; flavor with nut
meg and bake with two crusts, Troy
Times.
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The fend-
He drops in now to call upon
The editor or printer,
And closes carefully the door
He left ajur last winter.

IlS ICll agar last winter
-SOmerUille Journal.
At the recent Madison Garden
horse show it was no uncommon SIGHT
to see beautiful girls kissing the ami
mails on their velvety noses. The tam
wish they had been born with short ears
and no bray.-M. Y. Tribune.
-Student-''Heat expands and cold
contracts. Professor-"C Correct. Give
an example," Student During the
summer the affections of city people for
their country relations expand and in
winter they contract. "-Phjladelphia
Call.
First old gentleman-'Who is that
handsome young man standing Thereof
Second ditto THAT'S my daughters
husband; very brilliant young mamie
made fortune through the law"
First o. g.-''Indeed!' Second o. g
Eyes; the law made me his father
HarUGrd LanlpoOn.
A lemonade man on q Hudson Riv-
er excursion boat is said to have sold
ten thousand glasses OF lemonade on
one excursion not long ago, and he had
half of the lemon left Tor the next days
trip up the river. Fortunes are rapidly
made in this great land. -LoWeH Citizen.
IL can't keep my girls from climb
ing cherry trees writes an anxious
mother; ''what shall | 90 about it?"
Well, mother, you can tie them to the
bedpost or to your apron string, but our
advice is: Let 'em climb" Itdoesn't
cost any more to set girls arm or leg
than a boys, and, beside, girls can
cling as well as boys, and when they
grow up their clinging capacities will
be appreciated. -Springfeld (NaSs.y
Union.
She had Just returned from Vassar,
ana papa was strOking her hair fondly.
81 hope, my dear" said the old man,
THAT you haven't acquired any of the
vulgar slang phrases which so many of
the Vassar young ladies are said to use" y
You bet | haven't, papa, she said
brightly; when anybody catches me
talking slang he is especially invited to
slug me in the seventh rib" THAT is
right, my daughter; never indulge in
slang. 1t gives a young lady dead
away. IN. Y Sun,
-'What shocking speaker he ISL
exclaimed lady, abiding to a boy or
ator, whose mother was within earshot-
The mother looked up, cast a quick,
sidelong glance N rebuke and knit her
brows in a frown. Shocking" said
the first lady's husband. What do
you mean?' 80, he electrifes his
hearers don't you know?" Then the
fond mothers frown was chased away
by dozen smiles, and she beamed upon
the speaker during the remainder OF the
exercises. Golden DdyS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-08
WISCONSIN CLIPPINGS.

Mrs. ELIZABETH NELSON slipped and
fell ON an icy Sidewalk at Black River
Falls on the 21st inst, breaking his
back. She died on the following morn
ing.
CHARLES KANAGIEsER, young Ger
man, WAS arrested in Milwaukee on the
18th inst, for swindling several mer-
chants of Waldo, Sheboygan Comfy, to
the tune of several hundred. He was
common farm laborer, but succeeded In
obtaining goods consisting of watches,
rings, a revolver, gun, accordeon, etc.,
from business men of that place, and
check for 500, which he got cashed at a
Sheboygan bank. The arrest was made
through W. H. Barrae ar, one of his VIC
tins. kanagieser was taken to Waldo
for trial.
THE Milwaukee Old Settlers Club
held their annual meeting and banquet
on the 22d. The meeting was largely
attended and the banquet proved an ele
CANT affair. Covers were laid for so and
every seat was occupied. The election
of officers resulted as follows: Presi-
dent; Harrison Ludington; vice presi-
dents, J. B. Merrill, Daniel Sbultz, r.
d. Jesnings; secretary and treasurer,
Chauncey Simonds; executive commit
tee, Alex. Mitchell, J. P. McGregor, E.
G. Jennings, VIM. Fink, Enoch Chase;
marshal, James S. Buck. Appropriate
action was taken on the deaths of John
Furlong and Lindsey Ward.
OsIUs, HETTRICH & Co.. dealers ii
fancy dry goods and millinery at Racine,
have failed. On January 1st the firms
inventory showed that they had a stock
of Sl3, 900, with about SS, 900 liabilities.
The assignment was caused by the re-
fusal of Carson. Pirie, Scott & Co, of
Chicago, to grant an extension of time
on SO, 500. Mr.. Heyman, of Milwaukee,
is one of the principal creditors, his
claim being $500. The others are
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., of Chicago,
$500; Manufacturers National Bank,
Racine, s. 500; A. S. Gage, Chicago,
$3.50; A. Shakman & Co., Chicago, $500.
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terms valued at S65, 900 belonging 10 the
Ledger Manufacturing Company, burned.
Dana se 10 building S5, 900.
SONS brush-fsctory was partially DESTROYED
ps nre al Toledo, on the 26th.
IHE tug Glendale was sunk by the Cunard
steamship Cephalonia, near New York, on the
morning OF the Goth. Two lives were lost.
FIRE at Lincoln, Neb., on the 9th, caused q
loss Of S75, 5,0OO
IHE body of Thorwold Gunderson was found
on The prairie near Valley City, Dakota. bv a
party OF searchers who were looking for the
remains OF the two Nelson children who per,
isheo with their father In the recent blizzard
THIRTY thousand dollars worth of property
was destroyed by fire at Greenville, n. c., on
the 25th.
sMASDAs BOYER, mine superintendent, was
klled by cave-ln at Allentown, Pa, on the
morning of the 26th.
Gus HECKER. of Oshkosh. was Instantly
Killed at Ledyard on the Goth, while boarding q
moving train. VIM. Redthe, brakeman, had
nI7 reg cur on at the same place, having fallen
under the cars.
Two lodging houses in Denver were de-
sToyed by fire on the morning of the 25th.
-Four men perisbed.
THE Black Mountain House at Compton vii
lage. New Hampshire, was DESTROYED by fire ON
the gath. Loss $4,000.
HE steamer Sausalite was DESTROYED bv fire
at San Quenti1, Cal, on the 2Sd. One of the
crew perished. Loss S150,00O.
FoUR-sroRY warehouse at s.. Paul. occu-
pied by Mast, Buford, Burwell & Co., dealers
IN agricultural implements, Brand & Co., stove
dealers, and Gidden, Griggs & Co., wholesale
grocers, was burned on the Path. Loss Sl25,-
600.
GEO. FRYER, formerly wealthy Colorado
miner, died at Denver on the 25th. from NOR
phne poisoning. Supposed suicide.
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BUTCHERY OF NATIVES.
A Tale of Blood from the Bishops Is
South Pacific

A Tale of Blood from the Bishops Isles,
South Pacific
SAN Francisco, Cal, February 26.-
A report from Auckland gives the de-
tails of a wholesale slaughter on one of
the islands in the Pacific by returned
laborers from Honolulu. The govern
ment schooner Julia is regularly
employed procuring lsborers from differ
ent groups to work on sugar plantations
In the Sandwich Islands for a speci
fed time, at the expiration of
which the Hawaiian government agrees
to return the laborers to their respective
homes. On her last trip the Julia
landed about thirty returned laborers on
the Island of Nanouti, of the Bishops
group. These natives belonged to
Apiang and Tarawa, in the same group,
the people of which were at constant
warfare with the inhabitants of Nanouti.
The returned laborers. who were armed
with Winchester rifles, Immediately
criminally assaulted a number of
young girls. Two old men who
expostulated with them were brut-
ally shot. a fight then ensued
between the two parties, the ma
tives being armed only with clubs
and spears, and the women and children
belonging to the island took to the wa
ter in canoes rather than face the foe.
The Apiang and Tarawa natives, having
firearms, secured a speedy victory, kill
ing about twenty and woundIng many
more Of the Nanoutis. Those who es-
| capped succeeded in reaching Apamama,
a short way of, where they told Tenn
binoka, their king, what terrible blood
shed had taken place. The king imme-
diately chartered vessel and
went to Nanouti. A message
was sent ashore that he d1dnot
come to make war but to succor his peo-
pie and disarm the murderers. Shortly
afterwards, however, three boats be-
lo1 ging to the vessel while going ashore
were fred at and two occupants were
killed and one wounded. The crews
then landed and fight ensned. Sew
eral were killed on each side and sew
eral prisoners were taken on board of
the vessel and conveyed to Apamama.
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CASUALTIES,

NEwPIAlz ACADEMY burned at Kingston. \
l., on the morning Of the 1st Loss So. O0D.
ROBERT SMITH and wife were suffocated bv
coal gas at New Bedford, Mass. on the Ist.
IHE wagon works at Mishavaka, a suburb Of
South Bend, Ind, were DESTROYED bv 6re IN
the 29th ult. Loss S25, 900.
UTICA, y. Y, suffered the greatest confapra-
ton IN its history the I'd and the losses sg-
gregate II, 200, 900, on which there is an insnT-
ance Of less than one bali
The large works of the United States stamn-
ing Company, at Portland. Conn, were De-
stroyed by fire on the 1st. Loss 800. coo.
The drug warehouse Of Huber Bros. O,
Fond du Lac, was destroyed By fire on the 2sth
ult. Loss $4,000.
PHILADELPHIA fire department was taxed tc
ts utmost on the night of the 28th in combating
five distinct fires, the most disastrous Of which
was at the Powers & Weightman chemical works
which were entirely destroyed, involving a loss
OF fuiiy si,OoO.OoO. An explosion deluged the
streets IN the vicinity of the works with bIazino
oil, and the escape from the sweeping eonfs.
grafton WAS almost miraculous.
SEVERAL buildings at Faribault MINI uare
swept away by fire on the 9th. Loss sbout
80, 600. ''A'
LAWRENCE CLEMENT. Lamar, Mo-, farmer,
was burned to death on the 29th in 3 fire
which consumed his dwelling.
WM. FLEMING was frozen to death at San
ford Beach, \. J., on the 2eth and bov
named Ashen met bis death IN tue same man.
ner at Hammsnton, Nj
THE Oh City, Pa. opera house burned nm
the 29tb. Loss $50, 600
COLLISION between freight snd passenger
trains occurred near Paris. Ill. on the rnornino
OF the 28th- Twelve persons were killed and q
large number injured.
Two daughters Of William Morrison, a
farmer living III Pocahontas County. West Viz
glnis, were burned to death by 8 IRE which
consumed the family residence on the 28th.
FIRE IN frame building in New York CITY
on the 28th suffocated Cornelius Van Riptr
ana bis three children. Mrs. Van Riper vss in
stantly killed By jumping from a window.
RACINE had a lively confagration on the
morning of the 28th, when the dry house and
store rooms Of Mitchell, Lewis & Co.'S wagon
works were reducsd to ashes Loss estimated
at between $4,000 and $4,000.
The iron snd brass foundry of E. d. Cots.
at Brooklyn, n. T., burned on the 2sth. Pat
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-08
A FREIGHT WAR.

f&Seen the Burlington Road and the
western Trunk Line Association.
;HIcAGo, February 28.-An open war
o'frelght rates has been maugurated
bween the Burlington road and the
Nstern Trunk-Line Association. For
seral days past rumors have been IN
crulstion that the rates to Nebraska,
Oorado and Utah points were being
billy cut. That the reports were based
ufn facts was indicated by the frequent
cbuitatlons during the last two days
be1een General Freight Agent Ripley,
othe Burlington, and Commissioners
Wing, of the Western Trunk-Iine
bociatiop. Neither of them would
dulge the secret of those meet
Ys. They were evidently trying
t patch up the difficulty and
pid public rupture. The Burling-
to people stated that some of the West
R Trunk-Line Association roads had
ben caught in cutting the rates, but
ths seemed to be of the opinion that
thu trouble could be adjusted and an
opn rupture avoided. The Western
THnk- Line Association roads insisted
tht they were maintaining the rates,
bt that the Burlir gton was doing the
citing. Others insisted that the trouble
Us made by the st. Louis & San Fran
Geo, which insisted upon cutting the
rtes to Colorado and Utah points.
bwever this may be, the efforts to pre-
snt an open war on rates were of no
sail, and Commissioner Vining, of rhe
runk lime Association, has issued anew
trlff which cuts rates nearly one-half on
d classes of freight to all compel.
ig through points west of the Missouri
liver as far as Salt Lake City and Og-
do, Utah. Under the tripartite con-
trct Commissioner Vining has the right
ttorder a general reduction to all points
vst of the Missouri River, if it is found
tat any competing lines have been cut
ing the rates, to the lowest cut-rate
lade, or even lower if he deems it nec-
esary. Of course the Burlington will
rake the same rates as those announced
b the Western Trunk-Line Associa-
tDn. 1t is not likely that the troHble
vii stop with this reduction, and the
inications are that further reductions
ull follow in rapid succession. Fears
ae entertained that before many DAYS
hve passed the trouble will spread to
al points in the west, and that the
soutb western Railway Association will
$50 become involved
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Cannibalism in Fill.


Mr.. st. Johnston III Camping Among
CaDnlbals" furnishes evidence that can
nibalIsm is on the wane, even In the
wild interior of FIJI. On his way back
to the capital he spent a night in the
hut of an adventurous countryman who
kept store on the bank of the Wanna
mala-the first Englishman who had
penetrated thus far. This man gave him
a eruesome picture of the state of things
when he first cane to i've In the seques-
tered and then turbulent locality.
every mans hand was raised against
his neighhor for the simple reason that
he was bis neighbor. Often past his
little house he has seen the canoes go
down the river bearing gifts from one
chief to another of dead men for the
oven. and sometimes bloody joints, or
limbs Just torn from the victim, wrapped
in fresh leaves for the crown of a
feast" There is no question, MIR. st.
Johnston asserts, that the Fjjian canni-
bal loved human flesh for its own sake,
and did not merely eat the slain enemy
out of revenge. A chief would order to
be dubbed someone he considered would
be good for cooking, his plea being that
his 'back tooth ached," and that only
human flesh could cure it. The subject
is repulsive one, and MIR. st. Johnston
deals for the most part with far more
cheerful topics, whittier We will fol-
low after one final grim quotation:
''The expression long pig is not
Joke, nor phrase invented by
Europeans, but one frequently used by
the Fiiians, who look upon corpse as
ordinary butcher meat, and called a
human body puaka 6atdUa, or long
pig, in contradistiDction to 1ouaka dina,
or real pig The flesh was never eaten
raw, but was either baked whole in the
osens or cut up and stewed in the large
earthen pots that they used for cooking.
Certain herbs were nearly always cooked
with the flesh, either to prevent indiges
tion or as sort of savory stuffing. If
a man was to be cooked whole, they
would paint and decorate his face as
though he were alive, and one of the
chief persons of the place would stand
by the corpse, which was placed In sit
ting position, and talk in a mocking
strain to it for some time, wht n it would
be banded over to the cooks, who pre-
pared it and placed it in the oven, filling
the inside Of the body With hot stones, so
that he would be well cooked all through. 3"
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Trapping a GriZZly,
from the Forest and Stream.I

MI
Trapping a grIZZly has Its perils and
e1citements also. The trap employed is
one of the double-spripg pattern. with
steel jaws, and weighs complete thirty
eight pounds. The springs are very
powerful, and have to be bent with le-
vers. 1t is quite an art to set aud place
trap cunnlngly, and trappers vary in
their methods and are chary of explain
ing them. | will then pass this branch
of the subject. Let us suppose, there
fore, that the hunter has made his camp
in neighborhood redolent of grizzlies,
and that he has his traps set in likely
place for bear. At the end of the trap
chain is ring about five inches in
diameter, and this is driven about half a
foot over the bead of heavy stick or log
five inches through and SIX or eight feet
long. The object of this "clog." as it is
called, Is to make trail which can be
readily followed and to hamper the bear
sufficiently to prevent his going to a
great distance away before the hunter
cap arrive. Great care must be taken
that the chain be fastened to the extreme
end of the clog in such way that it
cannot get across two trees. and so give
strength to tear himself loose. Neither
must the clog be too large and heavy. or
the same result will follow. 1t may be
accepted as a maxim that a grizzly
caught in such trap will eventually get
loose, and ordinarily IN a few hours. He
is generally caught by the extremity of
the fore-paws, just above the claws; the
hold on him is not very great; his exer-
tions TO get away are tremendous, and
result In so cutting and lacerating the
foot that sooner or later he will tear out
of the trap altogether. Two grizzlies
that I caught got away; one, who was
probably taken by the claws alone, leav-
ing some hairs only to tell the tale, the
other leaving small piece of his foot
behind as souvenir. Many had all but
torn themselves loose; in one case the foot
was almost cut through, aud only a
small piece of skin the thickness of a
mans little finger remained to hold the
terribly infuriated monster to the much
detested clog.
The traps are set far back in dense
and gloomy forests near the tangled
swamps, where grizzlies like TO make
their lair. The ground is covered with
| fallen timber, and travel must be afoot,
and is slow and dIfficult The bear, Oh
being caught, starts off on tremendous
rush for the swamp, which is close by
Here he catches on rotten log for &
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considerable debate the bill was adopted.
Public business was suspended and the house
proceeded to lay an appropriate tribute to the
memory of the Hon. ID. C. Haskell, late repre-
sentative from Kansas. At the conclusion of
the eulogies the house, mark Of respect to
the memory of the deceased, adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 29.-After routine busi-
ness the house went into conn ittee of the
whole on the priv ,e calendar. The bill for
the retirement Of Gen. Pleasanton from the
army WIS the first on the calendar. and after
extended debate II WAS agreed 10. with an
amendment giving him the rank of colonel.
The committee rose and Mr.. Steele moved TO
recommlt the bIll to the committee on military
affairs, with instructions to report back bill
placing on the retired list with the rank of
colonel all soldiers of the late war suffering
total disability. A point of order was raised
against this motion, but pending its decision
several dIlatory motions were made and the
roll call consumed the time until o'clock.
The pontoffice appro priation bill was reported
by Mr.. Townshend and referred to the COM
mittee of the whole. The house then took a
recess until 7:90 p NJ /, the evening session to
be for the consideration of pension bills.