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Wise Rocks.
From the London Chronicle.


One usually has an idea that deductions
drawn by country people from open OBJ
servation should have something in them.
but it is often very difficult to get at the
truth In certain parts of England the
folks maintain that when the rocks tumble
in the air a storm is not far off. and GER
tainly during the past stormy weeks the
rocks have done an extraordinary amount
of tumbling. Rocks" said Gilbert White.
sometimes dive and tumble in frolicsome
manner" but he did not associate this per-
Romance with approaching storm. It Is
also often asserted that these wise birds.
when a storm is imminent. do not make
their usual long journeys from home, but
remain near the roasting trees.
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Germany in the Pacific.

During my stay in Australia 1 learned
much OF the German possessions of the
Pacific. The largest of them is Kaiser
Wilhelm's Land the northeastern part of
the Island of New Guinea. 1t consists OF a
territory twice the size of Indiana, in
habited by population Of one or two hun
dred thousand savage Papuans. This coun-
try is being developed by q syndicate. and
until about four years ago the syndicate
was the supreme power At present the
administration is in the hands of the kaiser
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Separating the Gems.

The Jumps, or Concentrates" are now
passed in currents of water over slightly
inclined tables coated with grease. Every
diamond adheres to these tables, while
the garnets and other minerals incased
in the concentrates pass on. Next the
rough diamonds are gathered from the
tables and boiled in a hot soda solution.
Then they are ready to be delivered at
the company's offices, to a man through
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His Reputation.

From the Chicago Post.
LAS l understand 1t, you want me to go
on the stand and swear to the truth of
your contention"
Heavens and earth. no! 1 want you to
swear against me. Why, there are five
members of the jury who know your repu-
tation WE'LL
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pines. and the people are somewhat like our
The Kiauchau Colony.

pines. and the people are somewhat like our
Filipinos.
The Kiauchau Colony.
I learned much about Kiauchau during
my last visit to China. It includes alto
gether about 200 square miles of territory.
which was transferred to Germany on a
ninety-nine year lease in 1885, The admin
istration is now under the German navy de-
partment and Its ruler is a naval officer
under the title of governor.
Indeed Kiauchau is a naval colony with a
commercial attachment. 1t Is fortified
naval station. the harbor having been Inn
proved for that purpose. A sea wall mas
been built at a cost of $40, 100000 and great
piers and light houses have been put up.
Railroads are being constructed to the coal
fields of Weihsien and Poshan. which are
about one hundred miles in the interior, and
these mines are to be worked by German
capitalists.
The concessions from the Chinese are
such that the Germans practically control
Shantung, the province behind k1auchau
bay. This province is rich in agriculture
and minerals 1t has excellent coal, and
also diamonds. 1t has 30.O00,0O0 inhabit-
ants, and is right in the heart of the most
populous part of China, so that If the Ger
mans can hold it it will be of great value
a market
German Merchants in Asia.
The Germans are about the best of the
foreign merchants of Asia. Their houses
are to be found at every treaty port. and
their banks are everywhere. At Tsingtau
they have put up good hotels and large
business establishments. The town has
electric lights. telephones and water works
1t has wide streets. blasted out of the solid
rock, ard good roads which extend far out
into the country
There is large German colony in Shang-
hal. another in Tien Tsin and others at the
n Actn IN nrfS In6n a
to find great city in Asia, whether inside
outside German national influence. which
has not its German importing and exporting
firms. The Germans today are the bes.
traders among the nations. and although
their colonies are the poorest in natural re-
sources they are fast acquiring a big share
in the foreign markets of the world.
FRAN q. CARPENTER.
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who has appointed a governor for New
Guinea, the Bismarck archipelago and
other islands of the Pacific. The governor
spends part of his time on the Island OF
Neu Pommern and part in New Guinea.
Altogether there are less than a hundred
whites in Kaiser Wilhelm's Land and of
these only seventy-eight are Germans
The New Guinea Company is still carry
ing on its plantations and trading. 1t has
fields of cotton and tobacco. and is expert
menting with coffee and stock. Horses,
cattle and goats are doing well, but sheep
have so far proved a failure. The North
German Lloyd steamers to Australia some
times call at New Guinea
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Germany's African METROPOLIS

The capital of German East Africa might
be called the center of the German
interests. 1t is situated on the sea-
coast a little south of the Island of Zanzi-
bar; 1t is known Oar es Salaam, and it
has now something like $4,000 inhabitants.
When the Germans took possession of the
country this place had only a few hun
dred native huts and several stone ca bins
1t soon grew to a town of 10000, and it
has been growing at the rate of 5000 4
year ever since. 1t has now eight Ger
man exporting and importing firms, some
good stores. a brewery and three hotels
There are many native ShoDs k"n' by
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Two men We're standing together upon the
sidewalk Dowie passed on the way to his
hotel
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lost the fish. However, three-pound
in the crowd represented a possibility
that was amply sufficient to hold them.
And so they remained. from early morn
till noon-from noon till night-some
faciturn and unapproachable. others quite
arabic and Interesting, but all meeting
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Some German Islands.

Almost adjoining Kaiser Wihelm's Land
is the Bismarck Archipelago, consisting of
several large islands ruled by the Germans
The New Guinea Company has also houses
there and it controls the greater part of the
trade.
The Solomon Islands belong half to Ger
many and half to Great Britain and the
Samoans have been divided between Ger
many and the United States.
In addition to these the kaiser has a vast
number of islets scattered throughout the
south central Pacific ocean. 1t has the
Caroline islands. the Marshall islands and
all of the Ladrones. except Guam. 1t got
the Marshall islands in 1885 and the Caro-
lines and Ladrones shortly after we took
possession of the Philippines. All of these
islands are little more than coral rocks COW
cred with slight vegetation. They have but
few inhabitants. and their chief export is
copra or dried cOcoanut meat The Caro-
lines are not so very far from the Philip
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arabs and Hindoos who have come over
from Zanzibar, and there are also Greek
ana Portuguese merchants. There are
several large German companies which
nave agencies here, their plantations being
scattered through different parts of the
colony.
Some New Enterprises.
One of these companies has a big rubber
plantation, another is setting out coffee
trees and a third has begun to raise cot
ton, having Imported a number of colored
students from the Tuskegee College in Ala
bama to aid in the work Labor can be
gotten for q few cents a day, and If these
enterprises succeed they will probably open
the way TO a large industry.
At present all sorts of experiments are
going on in East Africa The Germans
are planting cocoanut trees in the lowlands
and coffee trees higher up. They have set
out quinine plantations. and are beginning
to raise tobacco, rubber. sugar cacao and
tea. There is excellent pasture on the
highlands and gold in the mountains.
Quantities of garnets, agates and topa yes
have been found and diamonds are looked
for. but so far none has been discovered.
East Africa has better connections with
Europe than the west coast. There are
regular steamers to Zanzibar and Oar es
Salaam, and the latter may in time be-
come the chief seaport of east Central
Africa
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same as that Of TOgoland, consisting OF
Bantu negroes and similar races. which
have a slight admixture of Hamitic blood.
The chief town Is Kanerun, although there
are other important stations.
German Southwest Africa
The German possessions in southwest
Africa are almost entirely controlled by a
German colonial company. entitled the
Deutsche kolonial Gesellschaft fur Sud
west-Afrika. This syndicate has charge Of
an area ten times as large as the state CT
Ohio. with a population half that of Cleve-
land. The country is of little value. 1t
is mostly desert. with few grassy cases
scattered over it. Some of 1t is as barren
as the worst of the Sahara, and the most
OF il cannot be cultivated.
Nevertheless the Germans are setting out
plantations in the lowlands, and are eX-
perimenting with cotton, tobacco and vine
yards. Some of the highlands are good Tor
grazing, and on the edge of The desert are
ostrich farms. But little projecting has
been done for the precious metals. and it is
doubtful if they exist There are now about
900 Europeans in this colony.
East Africa Under the Kaiser.
The kaiser has better lands in eastern
Africa than in the west His possessions
there are populous and more susceptible OF
development. The territories are found
along the central part of the eastern co s.
OF the continent, extending north and
south about coo miles They are bounded
on the north by Bri .sh East Africa, on the
west by Lakes Nyassa and Tangany ka
and on the south by Portuguese Africa.
They are right on the great route across
Africa and in one of the best settled pOr-
lions of the continent.
The land here is h gh and saubriOus. At
the northern boundary of the territory S
Kilimanjaro. the highest mountain on the
continent, and little farther over is Vic
toria Nyanza, the largest lake.
The railroad which has been projected
from the cape to Cairo VIII go through this
territory. and it will be cut at T ght ANGLES
by railroad which the Germans have laid
out to connect Lake Tanganyika with the
sen opposite Zanzibar. Already fifty four
miles of railroad and many good wagon
roads have been made.
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FISHING NEAR LONG BRIDGE ON SUNDAY MORNING

For neither of the latter is there pleas
ure or sport in dangling their legs over a
beam superheated in the sun and drop
ping their lines in a sluggish current
amid the prosaic surroundings of ths
docks.
1t all depends on the temperament q
the man who goes fishing.
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Digging the Diamonds,

Digging the Diamonds.
The story of the diamond from the time
It leaves the blue earth until 1t reaches
your jewel box Is one which you have
never heard since the very latest dia-
mond methods have been applied For
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BOARD.
Correspondence, 6.

correspondence, y.
One of the severest rain storms
of the season passed through here
Sunday, doing an immense dam
age to the farmers. Their crops
along the lowlands were entirely
destroyed.
Mr and Mrs w b Blessing and
Mrs A b Roush spent Sunday
with their mother, Aunt Susie
Blessing.
Many of our young people from
here spent their Fourth at Mach
IRIS Grove, and report very pleas
ant time.
Gilbert MoMillin, who has
charge of force of men in the Big
Sandy regions engaged in quarry
ing stone for railroad in that sec.
ton, returned home the 3rd to
spend the Fourth. He returned
the 9th.
Miss Elizabeth Blessing spent
Sunday with her friend Miss Jen-
ME Blessing.
Okey Roush. of East Liverpool
was here spending the Fourth with
his parents, Mr. A. B Roush and
wife.
q s Blessing and family spent
Sunday with his mother Aunt Su-
san Blessing.
P E Roush and sister, Miss Sc.
villa, of Upper Flats, were visitors
in our village the 9Th.
T q Blessing, our hustling
deputy sheriff. has not been well
for couple of weeks. We hope
for his speedy recovery.
'Unole Bill" Fry is very poorly
at this writing.
We understand that Prof James
l. Rice. is quite poorly. PLATO.
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OLD TOWN.

correspondence 2.
Misses Ora and Dona Carpenter
of East Liverpool, are visiting rela,
tives and friends here.
Mrs Emma Musgrave and Mrs.
W Q Byrd spent Tuesday with Mrs
John Gardner, of Pleasant Flats.
Robt Morley spent Sunday with
his aunt, Mrs E o Musgrave.
Miss Josie Byrd has returned
home after several days visit with
her grandparents.
Miss Otto Kincade, of Point
Pleasant, was visiting here last
week.
Geo Rifle. of Hartford, is visi.
ting relatives here.
Lon Fowler remains very ill.
The match ball games at the Old
Town ball park the Fourth. result.
ed as follows: Old Town and XIV.
ger, score 5 to 8 in favor of Kyper:
Old Town and Maggie, score III to
IL in, favor of Old Town. VIOLET.
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THREE MILE, BELOW
KANAWHA.

The corn crop is not very prom.
Using in this locality.
Homer King. of East Liverpool,
is home on visit to his parents
this week.
The festival at e 81 Kings Fri
day night, was very enjoyable
affair.
The young folks wish to have
the pleasure of enjoying another
festival at the same place soon.
Miss Mary McCloid was visiting
E 81 King and family Sunday.
On Thursday evening Mr. E a
King and wife will entertain
a number of friends in honor of
Homer King.
Farm hands are very scarce in
this section.
Geo Sands, who has been sick
for some time, is improving.
E III King has a lot of coal on
his yard ready for his customers.
There are plenty of bIackberries
in this neighborhood.
j Q Rogers attended the camp.
meeting at Hambrick's last week.
Lul Bush, of wellsvilIe, is here
visiting his parents.
Homer King will return to East
Liverpool Saturday.
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Notice to Tax-Payers.

The city tax books are now open
and taxes can be paid any time
from now up to August 1, 1908.
The law gives 60 days time in
which to pay city taxes to the
Treasurer the months of June and
July. After the last day of July
the unpaid, tax tickets are made
out and placed in the hands of the
Marshal for collection and penalty
of l0per cent. added on each ticket,
My office will be found at the
usual place in the Register office
F. B. TIPPErr,
City Treasurer.
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Foolish Talk.

Nothing more foolish in the way
OF advice to negroes has been
offered in this country than that
of the Rev. Q. 81. Thomas of
Chicago. a oolored preacher. who
told colored audience on Tuesday
evening that they ought to. if the
hanging and burning of colored
men are not stopped by the regular
authorities, sell their coats and
buy guns with which to defend
themselves" This advice was
supported by Mrs. Ida Wells Bar.
nett and others has been telegraph
ed ever the country.
One source of the lynohings of
negroes is the fact that too many
of them have sold their coats and
bought guns. If the lawless color
ed element would sell their guns
and buy picks and shovels or other
tools and go to work their would
soon be an end of the lynchings
The Sentinel has made a longer
and stronger stand against mob
law in all forms than any otne1
paper in the country, but it does
not recall an instance of decent
working man, black or white, be.
ing lynched. Even the most de.
PRAYED people do not lynch limo.
cent men for amusement. 1t usu.
ally takes some crime, and pretty
bad one at that. to bring on mob
violence.
A negro who gives any counter.
ance to negro criminals merely be.
cause they are negroes is an enemy
of his race. There are some
66, 100000 white people in this
country and about 100000 negro.
es. The majority of the whites dc
not need to sell their coats to buy
guns. The worst possible thing
that canhappen to the negro in the
development of race prejudice. and
nothing could develop it quicker
than for negroes to arm to protect
negro criminals. The problem is
serious enough as it is. without
any suoh aggravation as that.
1t is all right for decent negroes
to protest as citizens against moi
law, but they should at the same
time protest against all lawless.
ness and frown upon lawbreakerf
of their own race. And especially
should they set their faces against
the crime of assault on women
We regret to believe it, but il
seems certain that lynching car
never be stopped in this country
so long as that form of crime CON.
tinues. 1t is a disgrace to Ameri
ca that it is 30, but it is also dis
grace that the crime is committed
indianapolis Sentinel.
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Ohio State Teachers Meeting at
Put.in-Bay.

Agents of the Ohio Central Lines
will sell excursion tickets to Put
in Bay on June 80, July l and 2
at One Fare for the Round Trip
from ali stations ia Ohio and Point
Pleasant for the Annual Meeting
OF Oaio State Teachers Associa-
ton. Tickets good returning un-
til July 10. 1903.
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sleeping Car Service 70 MIchIgan

A through Sleeping Car leaves
Toledo at 4:ll p. m. for Charlyoix.
Petoskey. Bay View and Hsrbor
Springs via the Pers Marquette r.
r Direct connections made at To-
ledo by trains Nos. and % on the
Ohio Central Lines.
Call on Agents for full partition
lars. rates. etc. iu24iulys1
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We are to have a shoe factory.

There is no excuse for the
preacher who advocated lynchine
in its sermon at Wilmington bui
there is no denying that the laws
delays are responsible for most of
the lynching and similar outrages
-Therepublican politicians are de.
termined that First Assistant
Postmaster General Robert j.
Wynne shall be dismissed. Nat
urally; it was Wynne who uncover.
ed the rottenness in the Postofice
Department to the serious discom.
future of Charles Emory Smith,
Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Perry s.
Heath and other Republican
politicians.
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Lewisburg Female Institute.

In this issue of the Register our
readers will find an advertisement
of the Lewisburg Female Institute,
one of the best institutions for
young ladies in the country. Par
ents desiring to send daughters to
college, can find no better than the
above institution. Several young
ladies from this county have at
tended this school, all of whom
speak in the highest terms of the
school in every respect.
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Good For Cbar,,e.

Chillicothe and Columbus lock.
ed horns on the "diamondp at the
former city last Saturday and Sun.
day, with Charlie Duncan, of this
place in the box" To say he did
himself credit and won the game is
unnecessary. The games were hot.
ly contested. score being 2 to 1 at
both games. Clillicothe winning
one Columbus the other. Charlie
pitched for the Chillioothe team.
Several cases of smallpox in
Addinson townsb;, aL;.
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Ferry Boat Sold.

The ferry boat Boone, owned by
Mr.. g. w. Wartenburg, and which
has been running between this
place and Kanauga. Ohio. was sold
Monday to Mr.. S. L.. Wood, OF
Gallipolis. who will operate the
same. Mr.. Wood is a practical
steamboatman and will give his
patrons the best of service.
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The Fourth of July passed
off quietly in this place. The
small boy had his fun rs usual,
but other than this no demonstra-
ton was made.
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Secretary Moody has discovered
that it adds $50 tons to the weight
of battleship to make tia flag
ship. Every battleship carries a
weight of $50 tons made up of
luxuries and the extra luxuries
provided for the admiral weight
i50 tons more. Mr. Moody will
ny and scale down this unnecess-
airy burden.
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Last Sunday rain in the upper

Last Sunday rain in the upper
end of the county did great dam
age to crops and property. All
streams were overlooked, sweeping
everything before them. Two OF
the B & o trestles near Letari
were washed away, delaying the
trains some twenty-four hours
The trains were crowded with PEG.
pie with nothing to eat and no ac.
commodations whatever during the
long tiresome wait. The company
should have taken its passengers
back to Parkersburg or other way
points until traffic was resumed
All aboard the train are very in.
dignant at the action of the com.
pany on this occasion.
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County Court is in session, hav
ing convened Monday.
Detroit Excursions Account OF
EpwOrth League Con.
Vent1On.

One fare for the round trip via
Ohio Central Lines from all Sta
tions Tickets on sale July 15 and
10; good returning until July 20.
BY depositing ticket with Joint
agent at Detroit. and payment of
fee OF 90 cents. an extension of re-.
turn limit may be obtained until
August 10.
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my dear heroic Army" is the
way in which King Peter of Ser
via addresses the troops that had
the courage to advance. armed
with swords, rifles and pistols, on
an unarmed man and woman and
murder them.
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Your city taxes for year 1908
are now due and must be paid to
the Treasurer before the first day
of August IF they should go be-
yond that time 10 per cent will be
added to them
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Get Away from Your Business
Cares.

Get Away from Your Business
Cares.
This is the time of year when
one goes about their business in q
half hearted, listless way and
commences to think what a nice
thing it would be to get away
from business ceaseless worries
and cares for short time and
commune with nature in some SO.
questered spot, where they could
enjoy the pleasures of an outing.
There is hardly a resident of any
city but what takes up the daily
routine of life with an inward
feeling of loathsomeness, while
the heart is yearning for freedom
from the monotonous grind.
What one needs when they com.
mence to feel that way is tonic
Don't misunderstood and go to q
drug store for some of the vile
conoootions which are advertised
for sale at bargain prices. That
is not the kind of tonic you need
by any means. but what you want
is the simple remedy made up OF
nothing else but the pure atmos.
phere created by the Almighty.
You need a trip to the country
where you drink in all the beau
ties of nature and satiate yourself
with the pure ozone; after which
you will be willing to return to the
city and again take up the the bur.
dens of life where you broke off
aud be content to toll arduously
until the time comes the next year
for another vacation.
Once you have taken these
vacation excursions into the
country. you will never be willing
to give them up, and even if some
year you are barred from going by
some unforeseen obsia cle, yet even
the thought of the grand time you
had in other years will be stimu
liant which will assist you in con
tinuing the drudgery in store OIL
office.
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Five more Indiana republicans
have been sent to the Philippines
to teach the Filipino young ''idea."
Alert newspaper men will keep a
watch out for Philippine postal
frauds in the near future.