The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-03

endorf gave more than f1i00 for tall
Austrian. A recruit OF the appro-
pirate name OF Crosse cost In various
payments 27l9, of which f2l4 went 10
the monks whose tenant lac was. Gen.
Schmettan pocketed a like sum In 1732
for gigantic fugleman OF foreign
breed; and the recruit Andrea capra
cost &3l4.
When disbanded at the accession OF
Frederick the Great In 1740 the corps
had swollen 10 three battalions, and Its
number to 1850 men. All Europe was
ransacked to obtain tall solciers. and
the most valued gift which neighbor-
ing king, ruler or highly placed sub
ject could present to Frederick was
son of Anak. This way Of obtaining
the royal gratitude. favor and affection
was termed by the king daughter Will
helmine afterwards Margarine OF
Baireuth) the means Of grace In
the year 1899 eighteen tall Turks. taken
In battle by the Russians, were present.
ed by the czarina. and were enrolled In
his majestys own regiment OF grena-
diers. To maintain this regiment le-
galized system of kidnapping was per-
mitted in Prussia, and Prussian man
hunters and spies abounded every
where.
The recruiting OF men abroad became
a definite industry In the year Ills. and
speedily assumed alarming proportions.
There was perhaps no corner OF Eu-
rope. however remote or inaccessible,
into which the kings epissaries did
not penetrate in their efforts to spy out
the tall men OF the land; and IL may
fairly be inferred. since a number of the
regimental fifers were blacks of her
culean build, that they extended their
operations beyond Continental limits.
to the slave marts Of northern. II not
to tha uytISs ~ furfbar Afrira Whar-
ever lavish nature had added an extra
cubit to mans stature. there they We're
either to be found or expected. They
overran Germany like vermin, and
though at first the lesser princes were
glad enough to rid themselves OF worth
less fellows In this way. their attitude
underwent a very decided change
bodied men for the Potsdam Guard.
The king had often as many as 800 or
1000 recruiting officers scattered
throughout the length and breadth Of
the land at one time, to say nothing
OF their numerous assistants. No less
than 800 once operated simultaneously,
under Baron Gotter's direction and spe-
cial permit of the emperor, In the AUS
trian duchies alone. Frontier countries
they held in perpetual terror. The Sax
on peasant feared to carry his produce
to town on market days. The Polish
monk burst not stroll beyond the mar
row walls of his monastery. The Hes
sian mother hushed her child with up
lifted finger and threats OF the Prussian
boyle man.
One country, and one alone. would
not permit the odious traffic. France.
confident in her superior strength. was
able to disregard the clustering OF Fred
erick, and promptly condemned any
man-hunter caught within her territory
to condign and summary punishment.
When Frederick William died at the
age OF So, a broken and prematurely
aged man, his successor at once dis
banded the giant regiment, upon which.
during it's existence of twenty-seven
years, his father had lavished millions.
Mr.. Hutchinson's entertaining ac-
count OF one OF the strangest forms Of
lunacy which ever dominated the mind
OF king is readable to the last page
London News.