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11 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 11, 1D07. ! ( ELECTRICITY IX TOE ARM How the Current Help the Fighting Man Win Hit War. SIGNAL CORPS IS MOST USEFUL Artillery and Engineers t e Plaid bat Sot Do th Men ! Foriluk Mrm af Corama.lr.tlo. The value of electriotty an ad junct to the United States army In both peace and war has been recognized br the government, and thla has been very materially stimulated since the Spanish American war with other Improvement since, that period and to a large extent revolutionising American army methods. However, the utilisation of electrical ap pliances, except In garrisons where the barracks are fully equipped with electric lights, telephones and telegraph apparatus, the two great divisions of the line, the In fantry and cavalry, have but little occa sion for electrical devices of any char acter. With the artillery, field, siege snd cosst. It Is very different. Practically all the guns of the artillery. Including some of the flying batteries, are now discharged by electricity, storage batteries being pro vided for field service, while in garrison and In the fortifications dynsmos are utilised for the production of the electric current. In the coast fortifications the heavy guns are operated almost exclu sively by electricity, both In firing and In the manipulation of the gun carriages, and In the disappearing types of guns. The system ts. In a measure, similar to that used on naval vessels In the matter of hoists for ammunition and the handling of the guns. It Is only with the heavier siege batteries In the field that electrical devices are largely utilised In the firing of the guns. The application of electricity to the firing of light and flying batteries is pret In Its experimental stage, as the close proximity of the men to the guns Is always necessary In their handling and an Im provement on the old type of lanyard and prtmer Is still In vogue. Signal t'erpi Moat Important. It Is with the signal corps and engineer carps that electricity finds Its most com plete application, and the more- exten sively, naturally, with the signal corps branch of the service. With Its modern development the signal corpa has become the eye, the tongue and the nerves of the army. Telegraphy, telephony, ballooning and automoblllng are all Included In the work of the signal corps. Telegraphy takes the precedence, but conjunctively with It telephony, as both are operated by the same devices, differing only In the telegraph key, sounder, transmitter and 'phone. With the tele graph blue vitriol batteries and their ac companying leyden Jars furnish the elec- trlcal power, while where the telephone ts used exclusively the dry battery system Is utilised. With the wireless telegraphy storage batteries and dynamos furnish the power. In the target ranges, like those at Fort Crook, the telephone Is used. The wires are burled, but have outlets at dif ferent points, from i0 to l.OOO yards, to which busxers can be readily attached, and communication ts thus had at any point from the firing line to the target butts. In no country In the world has the mili tary 'telegraph been brought to a greater degree of perfection tha,n In the United S'atea and It has been developed by officers ffnd men still connected with the signal and "engineer corps. To a very large extent military lines must be temporary and ca pable of speedy construction. To this end the signal corps man must also become a cavalryman, not only familiar with the manipulation of the saber, pistol and car bine for emergencies, but he must, have a thorough knowledge of telegraphy, not merely to send and receive messages, but must also know how to build telegraph or telephone llrtes In a hurry. Work la the Field. In field service each man carries with him a coll of three-strand Insulated wire, which he must be able to lay about as fast as his horse can go. He Is at liberty j to use wire fences where they run parallel with the line of the proposed emergency line. He carries with him a "buxrer" so that he can at all times be In direct com munication with headquarters. Up to a very recent period the signal man or teleg rapher had to dismount to send his mes sage, but under a reeent device Invented by Lieutenant A. C. Knowles of the Thir teenth infantry the breast reel and busier j can be operated from horseback as fast as the horse can move, except at a lope j or gallop. The buxxer is attached to the j wire reel and In order to secure the ground connection 'a small piece of copper wire properly connected with the Instrument la so arranged as to rest against the horse's body, and as the horse at all tlmea has one , or more feet on the ground, the ground connection Is thus made complete through the horse. The horses were a little sur prised at first by the light current passing through them, but soon got used to It and now pay little. If any, attention to It The mounted telegrapher Is thus enabled to either telegraph or telephone to headquar- (ters at any time while laying tils line of Wire without dismounting. This light three strand Insulated wire costs but about 19 per mile and can be abandoned If neces sary without any great los. Another more permanent and stronger emergency wire of seven or nineteen strands, perfectly Insulated, may be used- In a similar way and Is not so liable to Injury by accident. Other linemen follow along these emergency lines and lossen the knots and repair break. They are also pro vided with lances to hoist the wire to trees or over gate and roadways. Wlreleu Oitlti. Field wireless outfits are now provided. Theae constitute about three miles of wre to the outfit, with a strong battery. The outfit Is carried on pack mules and Include operating chests, poles and other necessary appliances for wireless work. About twenty systems of wireless telegraphy are now in vogue and each country uses Its own peculiar system. There ts a similarity to all the systems, differing only In de tail. However, the .United States has a special system 'of lta own, devised by an officer now In the signal service, and which baa become In general use In the army and navy and haa proven of the utmost effi ciency. - The well Informed wireless oper- Mitor must be familiar with all the systems f wireless telegraphy, twenty or more In .umber, that are In vogue throughout tse world. It la hardly probable, with all 1U txo rnendous strides In Improvement, that the wireless system will wholly supplant the telegraph In army uses. With the wireless telegraph the tower la a necessity and It may not be convenient at all times to erect tower, while an emergency telegraph Una can be laid rapidly and abandoned tt neces sary. Trie la Real War. The development of electrical appliances to army uses must find Its frultltlon in time of peace. In order that they may be utilised In time of war. Every recent in- (veotlun whose practicability has been es tablished by actual experiment by the Sig nal corpa, or Engineer corpa la Immediately ttlllaed In actual field work la the Phil ippines. Cuba and Porto Rico. Possibly thft m imI AlatMV.lA ' -1 - of wireless telegraphy In the world la that conducted by the United States army In Alaska. A cable line extends from Se attle to Juneau and Onaluska. Land lines are extended as fsr as possible northward from the cable terminals and then the wireless , system Is utilised to all points where there are troops or settlements, throughout Alaska. The system of wife less telegraphy in Alaska was developed by Oenersl A. W. Greely. then at the head of the signal sen-Ice of the army, and has since been carried out by his able pupils, not the least efficient of whom Is Captain Leonard A. Wlldman. at present chief sig nal officer of the Department of the Mis souri snd commander of Fort Omaha. Csp- , tsln Wlldman has Invented many valu- able Improvements to the telegraph, tele ! phone, wireless and cable systems, and has freely given his Inventions to the gov ernment, which are now being used throughout the army and navy. From the educated electricians of the signal and en gineer corps are constantly sent out men who constitute the operators of wireless and cable stations, and to construct sub terranean and submarine telegraph lines. At the Western Forts. At Fort Omaha i one of the most elaborately equipped electrical schools, ex clusively for army purposes. In the country. The storehouse at the fort la filled wiih every variety of electrical device adapted for army and signal uses. It Is also the repair depot for all the electrical ma chinery for the Department of the Mis souri that enters Into field electrical work. This post la also equipped with a splendid telephone exchsnge, the lines of which reach every barrack room, office and offi cers' quarters about the fort. At Fort Leavenworth a similar condition prevails regarding electrical training, though there the Instruction ts more academic than practical, as at Fort Omaha. At Fort Leavenworth and at Fort Riley constant experiments are being made with electricity In every manner In which It can contribute to the efficiency of the army, either In field, garrison, battery or fortification. The government Is also utilising elec tricity In Its various depots wherever prac ticable. Electric elevators are In use at the quartermaster's depot at Omaha and proposals were opened only the other day for the Installation of another electric elevator there. Thus far the automobiles used by the srmy at Forts Leavenworth, Rlley and Omaha are of other motive power than electricity, but electric automobiles will shortly be Introduced at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Omaha for trial purposes. Fort Crook Is supplied with Its own elec tric lighting plant and a similar plant will sooner or later be established at Port Omaha. Forts Leavenworth and Riley have also their own electric plants and lights are furnished therefrom. At both of these posts electric flashlight algnallng Is practiced, but the practicability of elec tricity for flash signaling In field service has not yet been demonstrated. Thus fsr the acetyllne gas lamp signals only are used because of their portability. Earliest Use In Warfare. The earliest application of electricity for the purposes of war was during the last siege of Paris and In the Ruaao-Turklsh w-ar on the Danube. It was here that the brilliant light produced by the Gramme machine was utilised somewhat after the order of the modern searchlight that is now In such successful use on warships. But to the army belongs the first use of the electric light In wsrfare. During the Spanish-American war, as In the preceding Japanese-China, the British-Boer and the later Japanese-Russian wars, the search light evolved its greatest development with armies In the field. While aerial navigation Is not properly within the province of electricity, yet when the practicability of aerial navigation la established, electricity will form a very Im portant part In Us utilization for war pur poses, both for flash and wire signalling. Experiments to this end are now being made, with varying degrees of success. The explosion of 'mines by means of elec tricity Is one of the earliest forms of the use of this element In warfare. It was practiced during the war of the rebellion, notably at the disastrous explosion of the mine under the confederate fortifications at Petersburg, Vs. This explosion was pre mature and waa really more dlrartrous to the union army than to the confederates. During the Japanese-Russian war the ex plosion of mlnea under fortifications and camps by mesns of electricity were of fre quent occurrence. Efforts have been made to produce an electric gun. but with Indifferent success. The erratW nature of electricity has proven aa uncertain a quality as the dynamite gun as an explosive and the only practical result thus far successfully attained Is Its utilize- I tlon aa a motive power for moving heavy bodies, as well as torpedoes and for the Ignition of powder In securing the discharge of guns of heavy caliber. Some strange propositions have been put to the War department for the substitution of electricity for shot and shell In the des truction of an enemy. But these proposi tions contemplate that the foe will stand by supinely and take his electrical medicine and meet all the conditions of a positive and negative current of electricity, and hence the designers of these schemes have not yet been able to satisfy the Wr de partment that the enemy will unresistingly submit to being paralysed Into acqulsence. Other than as a meana to produce certain effect the application of electricity to war fare Is still very much In Us experimental stage. Conditions must be favorable to produce these effects, otherwise the applica tion of electricity in field warfare must be confined to a small local area, except, of course In signalling, telegraphy and tele phony. In these special fields it haa reached al most to the acme of achievement and pos sibility, and its further advance must be along these lines of telegraphy, telephony and light. An invention of peculiar construction In the form of a amall dirigible balloon is now. being considered by the electrical experts of the army. The purpose of this device Is to carry shells of gun cotton or dynamite over the camp of an enemy and drop them, ti.. explosion resulting from the drop, as to explode the shell by electricity in the air would result only in the destruction of the balloon. It Is proposed to make these balloons captive balloons to be operated by wire from the departing point. Considerable skepticism prevails, however, regarding the succeaa of these experiments, as sn ob stinate current of wind might blow the balloon over the camp of the operator and produce dire results there. JUST INSTALLS TELEPHONE Seatlaad Vara Haa No tPoana Need af laveatloa Until ol Late. LONDON, Aug. ). (Special. -3cotland Tard la famous the world over aa the head quarter for the moat up-to-date thief catchers In the world. And yet It Is inter esting to note that It waa only a few days ago that a telephone service was Installed there, so conservative are the British offi cials of all classes. Now and hereafter, however, the Scotland Tard telephone will be opea to any cltlaen who has suffered wrong or who haa Important matter to communicate to trained detective. Scotland Tard la publicly registered In the telephone pooka aa No. 14.1U Central. It la hoped that the new system will ma terially aid In the detection and the cap ture of criminals, for heretofore rauh precious time haa been lost by the autherl- J4ea In gaining tnionnaUf "THIRD DEGREE" IN ITALY Meant Hied to Get a Prisoner to ' Confesi. TORTURE OF A LIFE PRISONER Three Government Officials (Hanel with Bnboraatloa of Perjary la Case of Anarealst Police Wanted to Sapares. ROME. Aug. 10.-Pletro Accarito. an an archist, attempted to shoot King Humbert of Italy one evening ten year ago a he was driving bock from the races at the Capannelle. The king, who escaped un scathed, calmly turned to his aide-de-camp and remarked: "This Is one of the risks of my trade," and drove on. The anarchUt was pounced upon by the police and carried to prison. On the same day many anarchists were arrested, ss the police had the conviction that the attempt was the result of a plot, but all were subsequently freed and Ac carito was sentenced to Imprisonment for life with ten yesrs solitary confinement. which meant that during the first perl d of imprisonment he should be fed on bread and water In such quantity only a, would be sufficient barely to keep him alive, that he should be confined In a bsre room six feet square with a small window which let In air. but not light, that he should not be allowed to talk even with his Jailers, that he should not read or write or walk except for an hour each day In a long, covered corridor. When the trial was over every one sup posed that the man himself and his crime would be buried forever In the prison of Santo Stefano. Then one fine day about a year after Accarlto's trial Alessandro Dorla, Inspector-general of prisons, a very active nd sealous official, made a discovery. Caie la Again Opened. Acting under instructions from Giuseppe Canevellll. director-general of prisons, and with the ro-operatlon of Alfredo Angelcllt, governor of 8anto Stefano prison. It was reported that he had persuaded Accarllo to give the names of his accomplices. Thee were Immediately arrested, five of them, all anarchists Ccccarelll. Dlotallevl, Gudlnt, Colabona and Trenta. The last managed to escape and went abroad. t The original trial was reopened. In June, 1899, Acclarlto and his accomplices were brought before the Assize courts of Rome and Acclarlto gave evidence. He said that he was a victim and a martyr, that hi com panions had Instigated and helped him to commit the crime, and that Instead of screening htm and covering his escape after he had committed It they had left him to shift for himself. The four men protested loudly that they were Innocent and that Acclarlto waa lying. There was great confusion. The four new prisoners, mad with anger, hurled insults at Acclarlto, who In turn attempted to as sault them. The lawyers for the defense added to the uproar by upbraiding the Judges and Jury. The public, sympathizing with the four accomplices, tried to set them free by force, and troop had to be called In to keep order. Subsequently counsel for the defense en deavored to prove the Innocence of their clients. They asked the court to hear new evidence tending to show that some of the prisoner were out of Rome at the time of the crime; they requested that Ac clarlto should be medically examined to ascertain whether he was Insane, and they attempted to convince the Jury that Ae clarlto's accusations were a calumny, but all to no avail. The court rejected all side Issues and ruled that the trial ahould be continued. Then the lawyers left the court and aban doned the defense. The court punished them for contempt and appointed other lawyer to defend the prisoner. Convict Retracts Accusations. The same procedure was repeated over and over again, until at last the hearing of the case waa suspended and the trial was put off. A year passed and another trial, the third one, waa held, not In Rome this time, but at. Teramo, a small city in central Italy, where anarchists are sup posed to be unknown. The trial was very short. Acclarlto calmly said that he re tracted every word of the accusations he had made a year before at Rome and he affirmed that the four anarchists were In nocent, thst he alone was to blame, and he ended by bursting Into tears. Acclarlto during the year had changed eoneldersbly". He had grown thinner, his face was very pale and his eyes red and swollen as one who had wept a great deal. He appeared bowed down as with great sorrow. The mute desperation of the first trial and the fierce struggle for liberty and deep thirst for vengeance of the second had both disappeared. He seemed indiffer ent to his surroundings and overpowered with a great grief. No pity was wasted on htm, especially as King Humbert had In the meantime fallen a victim to an anarchist's weapon at Monsa. Acciarito waa expiating his crime and the solitary confinement in the prison of Santo Stefano had begun to tell on him, people said, and that was all. His alleged accomplices were set free and be waa sent back to prison. Like a Pace af Romance. Still, there were people who wondered why so great a change had taken place In Acclarlto. Gradually, bit by bit, the story leaked out and the reason of the change became known, until today Acclarlto, the anarchist. Is the object of much sympathy. The story recalls the time of the Inquisi tion, though not the rack, but other means were employed to get him to con fess. Acclarlto, It seems,- was In love with a girl. Paaqua Venaruba, with whom he lived. At one time he worked as a black smith and lived a quiet, honest life. Work was not plentiful and the couple often suffered hunger. Acclarlto, like many Ignorant men before him, heard how laborers suffered on ac count of the' government of the king and how they would continue to suffer until both were suppressed. He thought long on what he beard; he developed hatred for the rich and powerful; he gradually be came an anarchist and acted at once, not for the cause, but to better his condition. This much the police found out, probably from Paaqua Venaruba, who. In tears, told the life story of her lover In the hope of saving him. When Acclarlto was first convicted he realised what waa In store for him, but as sumed all the responsibility and all the consequence of the crime and went to prison with head erect, although he turned one to smile and exchange a mut fare well with the woman he loved. As soon as he reached Santo Stefano, contrary to ex pectations, he was greeted kindly by the governor. Angelelli, who talked with him and told him that he waa prepared to plead for bis pardon provided he would give the names of hi accomplice. Acoiartto said that he committed the crime alone and had no accomplices, but Angelelli suggested that he ahould think well and that be would aurely remember their name. The priaoner then began hi solitary confinement. The governor continued to be kind to him and to help him to remember. He al lowed him a special diet, even fruit, bis cuits and win. It la said; he gave him writing material, and for companionship O O y r no PoBDair Dowir. Sale O O O O O O O O O o o o rid Onr Mldsttmrncr Clearing Out Sale make this the opportune time for your to buy Furniture and Carpets. It will rout you from 25 to 80 per nt less to furnish your home now than It will In the Fall. We must close out the hundreds and hundreds of small lots that we have on hand. The finest of furniture and carpets are offered at a fraction of their value. BE SHREWD. ACT CL'ICKLY. 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He talked of Acclarlto' friends In Rome,' how they were false anarchists and how they had mad fun at Acclartto's useles act and laughed at the tears of Pasqua during the trial. The governor of the prison meanwhile visited the prisoner from time to time and said much about the kindness of the king and how he would pardon him if he only would speak. Naturally. In a shqrt time Acclarlto be gan to be Influenced by the conversations of Petito and the governor. Btill he re frained from betraying Innocent men, even for the sake of regaining his liberty. But an extreme and effective measure waa" at last adopted. Petito told him that Pasqua had given birth to a child, a son, to whom she had given hi name, Pletro, but that she was starving, as nobody would come to her help. In all probability your son will be up- pressed." he added, "as he Is the son of an anarchist. Tou are the only man that can and ought to help her." Acclarlto nearly went craxy. A week after, one night In December it was Christ mas eve Acciarito was rudely awakened from hi sleep and taken to the governor's office. 'There Is a letter for you and It comes from Rome," the governor said, hinrtin him a letter and pointing to the postmark. Acciarito opened it with trembling fin gers. It was from Paaqua Venaruba. She Implored him to get out of prison by any means, to sacrifice his friends who had no pity either for him or for her. She waa starving, and Pletrucclo, their son, waa dying. Acclarlto then confessed. The rest Is known. His four innocent friends were arrested and tha" second trial wa held. Acciarito accused them aa his accomplice, and they would have surely been convicted had not the trial been In- terrupted. Police Method Exposed. lB MIL ,nt"7aI btwn the cn- ndJ.n nationality have atudied both people the third trial Acclarlto learned the truth namely, that Paaqua had had no child and that her letter was a forgery: hence hia friends were set free. The public blamed Angelelli and the four Innocent anarchists attempted to get re dress, but the matter waa hushed ud. , .. . . . most e,?vP , ?, V"6 .W" most entirely forgotten when Angelelli poke. It seems that the police wished to sup pressa typical expression which means Imprisonment for life, which is equivalent to death the four anarchists, but had no proofs for their conviction. The director of prisons, Canevelll; the Inspector, Dorla, and Angelelli took the matter In hand and elaborated a plot which snatched from Ac clarlto a confession. The methods adonted i were little .hort of torture w th. flclsl lustlfled them on th. their purpose was to safeguard the person of the king. The plot succeeded at first. but fell through at the last moment. Angelelli alone has been dismissed. Dorla succeeded Canevelll, who was made sen ator, and he Is director of prisons today. Bwral inquiries were held, but the three officials were exonerated from all blame. 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Millions more perhaps have the same taste In New Guinea and certain group of the South Sea Island, notably the Solomon, the New Hebrides and New Ireland. Why this should be so Is a mystery that ha perplexed the anthropologits. David Livingston, the first white man to cross the Manyema country In Central Africa, was reluctant to believe that cannibalism was not In some way associated with super stitious rites. But when he saw the eager ness of the natives for what wa evidently their favorite food he could no longer close his eyes to the simple fact the Congo man preferred human flesh to any other kind of meat. The extent of the practice Is Indicated In the evidence given before the various Congo Inquiry commissions. One native witness after another came forward and laid on the table bundles -of twigs or leaves, each one representing a human being that had been killed and eaten by the so-called sentries employed by the Belgian admin istration to supervise the bringing In of rubber. It has even been asserted that those tribes which do not Indulge In this practice are inferior, mentally and physically, to the cannibals. "And yet," said Livingstone. speaking of the Manyema, "they are a fine looking race. I would back them to be superior In shape of head and general phy sique to the entire Anthropological so ciety." For many year traveller generally I , , -.A fhAl KnAbfl mnHnn of can mballsm. Such storie would they fancy. be considered exaggerated If not posi tively untrue. But of late the explorers of and practice with scientific seal. i Kir HArrv jonnsion. nerDerc wara. Lorn- . . -... ,. .v.. Pnnn m A- ministrstlon, Dr. Parke, Captain 8. L Hlnde, also In Kins; Leopold's aerv.ee. and manv n(hri havo rtpnt vajlt-b kmflnr tha ' .- - vonin iriufaj. aim nicy bivb m. nianri -u - fct way detail, of the bab t. of the savage, , . . . . .v,- ,i D which are almost Incredible. gala country not only are the bodies of those slain In battle eaten, but the natives i habitually kill men for food. And about this there Is much curious system, such as Inclines students of anthropology to sus pect some hidden origin. Thus the prisoner Is not killed outright, but Is placed chin deep In a pool of water with hi head made fast to a log leat he arown- 1 ne victims nmos. oy me wsy. ! have been broken three day previously On the third day the poor creature is taken out and killed. This procedure, the flerce Bangala aay, makes the flesh more tender, Captain B L. Hlnde, returning home from Stanley Fa'ls on the Congo, had personal experience of theae people. On the down river trip to Boma six of the Bangala crew were put In Irons, charged with hav ing eaten two of their own companions. The accused were magnificent savage, over ( feet high and uperbly proportioned. Two of the crew, it seemed, had fallen til on the voyage up. and were allowed by the captain to take a few days' rest. But when next rations were served they were I mlimv STh. , V, mt . . But the captain of the ship had ' hi doubts. He made a sudden raid on the quarters of his Bangala hands, and dis covered parts of the missing men, smoke dried and rut up conveniently In the lock ers of the six suspects, now going to trial at Leopoldvllle. In truth, the Darwinian theory of the survival of the fittest 1 seen In Central Africa In all Its pitiless application. Even women, unable to keep up with the march of the warriors, are killed and rut up for food Instead of being left behind at the mercy of other tribes or wild beasts. 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The hair Is made Into fish ing lines and nets; the skin goes to cover war drums and the skulls become fashion able decorations in the homes of tribal chiefs, whose greatest glory Is a long array of these trophies of the chase. Commandant Guy Burrows, lately in the service of the Congo administration, told the writer a curious story of the Batake people, a body of whom he led In a punitive expedition against the Mabode tribes. "I saw a boy hit In the shoulder by a ball from an old muxxle loader," he said, "and yet, although seriously hurt, lie looked entirely unconcerned; they are utter fatal ists, these fellows. His comrades carried him on one side, away from the rest of the wounded, and when I saw this I remarked: Take that boy up or he ll get hit again.' "At this half a doien grave elders came to me expostulating. 'He Is only a young lad.' they grumbled. 'Tou might Just as well let us have Mm for killing when the fight Is over." I drove the monsters from m with my chlcotte or hlrpo hide whip. "The boy recovered and served me for years. But those Batake cannibals never forgave me. They deserted In dignified protest, disgusted with me for refusing them such a trifle after they had borne the heat and burden of the day. And I know they smarted long under a sense of gross Injustice." During the same campaign Commandant Burrows saw another side of this practice. Bitting at his tent door one evening after camp had been pitched he watched his man getting their supper ready. The day had been marked by forced marches and sharp fighting In which both side left many dead In the thick Jungle. Presently In the gathering dusk a huge savage passed him stealthily, with a big bundle on his shoulder wrapped In leaves of the wild banana palm. Challenged by Burrows, the man ssld he wss only bearing food for hi comrade Just banana food. But In fact he and several others had been constantly going to and fro from the scene of the fight, cutting up the bodies and bringing them down in small parcels so ss not to attract the white man's attention as Tet In this very country are tribes thit would not eat human flesh If they were starving; the curious little pyrmles, for Instance, of the Great Forest. Vet these are Infinitely lower In the social scale tha'i the cannibals little better than apes. In fact. Their huts would disgrace an Intelligent animal. They have no arts, nor do they till the soli. These queer HttU nomads exlat by hunting, trapping and flshinr. They even pursue the elephant, shooting It In the foot with poisoned arrows and then tracking It until It becomes helpless, when they finish off the monster with their spears. Captsln Ewart 8. Grogan, the explorer. who walked the whole length of Africa from the Cape to Cairo, collected ample testlmony of the pygmies' aversion to human flesh. He witnessed a big tribal fight In this country between the Batrki and the Bangnla, and after all was over he came upon the victors feasting on the bodies of the slam, while the tiny np.t men, weary aa they were with their share of the fray, were scouring the country round for vegetable food. Herbert Ward, F. R. G. 8., Is n not her j traveler who haa given much study to this question. And he. too, teslfles thst th.) savages of the upper Congo simply prefr r j human meat to any other. They asked him innocently if he also did not enjoy It, and each headman in bringing presents to the white traveler skinny fowls, bananas, sugar cane and so on invariably Included quantities of smoke dried meat, spitted on skewers and unmis takably of human origin. "We do as our ; father have done," these savagos told him with an Indifferent shrug, when re monstrated with on the subject. "It is good to eat meat that talked," complac- I ently said another tribe. - T . , In the Ibangl country Mr. Ward l-.h-i.t , , - . " hnm.T? Lh ? , ,rned WUh 'Xrl"K' f V .?h' dr"d "nr' nd co"aThn; and all the houaes were decorated with 1 skull on tha outalde. In the NgoniM re gion on the Lulungu river, a mighty trib utary of the Congo. BfiO mile from' the Atlantic cosst. Mr. Ward found a series of strongly fortified villages. where tho I'bangi cannibals came to buy slaves, drawing upon the supplies for food as re quired. Turning to the South 8ea Islands, the Germans. Dutch and British are striving to put down ceanlballsm In their revpectlve spheres in Nes Guinea. 8a far these ef forta have met with little success. The practice 1 too deep-sealed to be eradicated In a generation or two. 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They fattened their victims in wooden cages until they were ready for the braining stones, which, you may see In Ovalau to this day, to gether with notches on the trees recording the number of human beings sent to th ovens. Here the eating of human flesh waa full of symbols, poetry and philosophy, a thing sanctified by the gods and governed b Intricate rules. Lord Slnninore, U. C. M, G., formerly high commissioner of the FlJt Islands, records that the net Ives reservedj a special kind of salad for use at these, feasts, and women were rigidly excluded. But all that Is ovor now, and no sign oi the maneatlng past remains in the grout, save a few hlstorlo relics of wood anS stone. The New Hebrides group is notorious for the comporatlvely recent clubbing and eat ing of Dr. Chalmers, the missionary, with his companion, Mr. Tompkins, and nearly a doxen native assistants. ART IN STAINED GLASS WORK English Royalty Attracted by Perfect tloa of Display at Dahlia Exposition. DUBLIN. Aug. 10. (Special.) During tha progress of the royal tour through the ome Industries section of the Irish ex position their majesties were greatly Inter ested by a large cartoon, the rough basis of a stained-glass window by J. Clarke & Sons. Quite close, although at the Balls bridge station, was the beautiful window which has been the admiration of every visitor to the Dublin exposition this year. Perhaps nothing could be more beautiful or more effective than the window at the exhibition Illustrating the legend of St. Patrick baptising the two princesses Fed lem, "The Red Rose," and Ethna, "Tha Fair." St. Patrick, "A King-like Presence. and monk stand nigh. The royal maids, clad In white rokes kneel by Cllbach well. One of the most beautiful specimens of the stalned-glas art which Is at present on view In Messrs. Clarke's studio I ona under a commission for an Irish patron to Honora Irwin MeMahon, to be erected at Philadelphia. Pa., by her husband. Tha design is very beautiful and afford a splendid Illustration of the perfection to which this art can be brought. First there Is the making of the design, the drawing of the cartoon to full slxe, the fixture af the glass, the delicate methods of securing the quality, weight and color of the glass, the vitrifying In the kiln, the soldering, etc. Tha Uie Irish are able to turn out work which will compare favorably with. the work of Munlch hown by the splen- i um reenagn. limerick, dare ' morrl- Kilkenny, Palace East and many similar places. DREAMS OF GERMAN EMPIRE Book by Imperial Coanrlllor Martin: Attracts Wide Attention Among; Politicians. BERLIN, Aug. 10.-8peclal.) Speaking of the German dreams of 'empire, a book by Imperial Councillor Rudolph Martin en titled. "Kaiser WUhelm II and King Ed ward VII." Just published. Is undoubtedly exciting extraordinary Interest In political circles. In this work Prof. Martin ask why the British, headed by their king, are so Intensely suspicious of Germany, and replies that the reason Is that King Edward and other far-seeing Englishmen recognise that Germapy la bound to expand Into a great world-power. Within the next twenty or thirty years he asserts Germany I bound to absorb Austro-Hungary, the Bal kan States, Turkey and Asia Minor and the German empire will extend from Berlin to T, . . n 4 LV... I. n. . V. - .... I I hi i uri Kuril iiw un i.iv, niu I .. ... ... i mem come it win sinxe a aecisive mow " "vita. Prof. M.rtln say. that I France will be the victim of German anger and that the German army will Inflict a crushing defeat on the French force and ake possession of the greater part of France. Having achieved a military vic tory Germany will proceed to annex th northern part of France In order to gain possession tit the coast line from Dieppe to Dunkirk, thereby securing a most favorabla base for successful operations against Eng land. The annexation of Belgium would follow and Germany, being In possession of the coast Itaia. could easily make a success ful invasion of Great Britain. Sooner or later, he thinks. Germany will declare war against England to defeat England' anti German designs and this war he declared will sound tt death knell X British. IV premacz. , ,