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These people are from all parts of Hin
doostan, and they wear many strange
costumes. l see little black girls whose
arms and legs are loaded with gold and
silver jewelry They have tight pantalet.
which fall to their ankles and are fringed
there with lace. They have also coat
which comes to the knees. There are
dark-faced Indian women with nose but
tons of gold and silver. and fat, greasy
looking Indian men. who strut about
wearing pill-bOX caps made of velvet
and cloth of silver. These men have or
long coats buttoned up to the throat.
ard under them calico pantalOons which
fit tight to the skin. Others have round
about Jackets With gold studs down the
front. which look for all the world like
dress shirts with the tails cut Off
These HinGoos do most of the retail
business OF Zanzibar. They have long
streets of bazaar-like stores in the city
itself and their peddlers go all over the
island. They use rupees as money. and
their chief customers are the Swahilis
and the other natives.
The British government handles the col
cny as though 1t were a part of India
The laws are those used in the courts
of Hi, t,oo stan. and the government itself
is modelled upon that of East India.
The bulk of the population of Zanzi-
bar is made up of Africans. The Arabs
are the nahobs. the Indians the traders
but the black men do the work. There
are on the island altogether GOO OF
more negroes of various tribes
There are more SWahilis than any other
They are tine-!ookins black people. The
men and women are straight and the
young girls in their long white cotton
gowns are quite handsome. Many OF the
men speak a little English. and my
guide knows enough to tell me about the
city and its people. They are the most
efficient of the natives of Central Africa,
and are employed by traders to carry
goods to all parts of the continent. find
the matched villages of the negroes along
the roads as / drive about the country.
They work the plantations, taking care
of the Glove trees and gathering the
crops.
American Trade.
This city should be a center for our
trade movement toward the conquest of
East Africa. 1t is the warehouse of this
coast and its business is several times
as large as that of any other ports on
this side of the continent. 1t naturally
belongs to the United States. for we were
the first to open up its foreign trade AS
far back as 1896 Uncle Sam established
a trading consulate at the court OF the
then Sultan OF Zanzibar. and we then
began to send in cotton goods and hard
ware for distribution over the eastern
part of the African continent
The work of that time is still in evil
dence. American cottons are known
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ign.
The Sultan of Zanzibar.

three who lives there and pretends to
reign.
The Sultan of Zanzibar.
Indeed the glory Of this sultanate is
fast passing away. 1t once controlled al
most the whole of East Africa. The sui
tan had all the territory that now be-
longs to the Germans, reaching as far
east as Lake Tanganyika. and also the
whole Of the coast lands of British East
Africa. extending almost to Arabia He
was one of the greatest slave dealers OF
the world. l recently went through the
slave market where some of this young
sultan's ancestors sold negro slaves for
American consumption, and l stopped In
hotel named after Tipoo lib, the great
explorations. When Tipoo lib died not
long ago he left more than 800 black
wives. Within recent years the British
have abolished slavery. but I understand
that there are some who are still slaves
although nominally free.
AS to the sultan of today his income Is
largely from the British government, and
from his own private estates. The
British hold the protectorate over his
dominions on perpetual lease, for which
they pay him $4,000 a year: and the
Germans have secured the fee simple
title to the lands which formerly be-
longed to his father upon the payment Of
something like 81 10000 cash.
l am not sure as to just what the
sultan is worth. for his purse Is kept
separate from the general revenue of
the country; and the taxes are used
by the British under the direction of
the British consul general I only
know that he has enough to live in
considerable state,>>and to keep UP mag
nificent stables. comprising the finest
of Arabian horses. He has probably a
large number of female slaves in his
palaces and 1 am told there are thou
sands Of women who are kept in slavery
by the Arab officials and merchants
here.
An Arab City.
The Arabs are still the lords of Zanzi-
bar, although the British act as rulers.
They own the greater part of the island;
they have the Glove plantations and they
work the native Africans to the limit.
They go about in turbans and gowns:
and the city looks more like a part of
Egypt or India than of Central Africa.
The streets are narrow and winding. The
buildings are high, with barred windows.
They have enormous doors, plated with
big-headed nails. making every house look
like a prison. Some of the streets have
the walls SO close together that carriages
cannot enter them, and all are SO mar
row that the cabs have bells like dinner
gongs. which they keep ringing as they
drive through the streets, to warn the
people to get out of the way.
The whole place Is combination OF
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Riley of Virginia? He was one
of the noted figures in Wash
II ington during the administra-
lions of Grant. Hayes. Arthur
and Garfield. a carpet-bag official at the
close of the war. he came in for one of
the foreign appointments which were
given by the northern Presidents TO the
republicans of the south. He was first
sent as minister or consul general to one
of the little South American republics
and after that was given the consulship
to Zanzibar. Before leaving Washington
for the latter post he treated all his
friends. diating the while on the splen-
doris of the cour. of the sultan and his
harem and the black-eyed hours whom
he expected TO see. He then left; but at
the end of six months came back weary
and worn and sad. When asked how he
liked Zanzibar he replied:
Zanzibar! Zanzibar! Where in. the
blank is Zanzibar! l have been cruising
over the world for the past six months
and for the life of me, can't find Fan
zibar,''
/ have been more successful than Judge
Riley for / have found Zanzibar. and
have even seen it's young sultan. though
not his harem. For our consuls of the
future I would say that Zanzibar is a
coral island about one-SiXth as large
Porto Rico situated in the Indian ocean,
three or four hundred miles below the
equator and from fifteen to thirty miles
from the coast of German East Africa. 1t
can now be reached by a half dozen
steamship lines. and the fare from here
to Washington is something like $500
There are four lines which connect the
island with Europe. and the German East
Africa ships go regularly from here to
Bombay, in India. and to Rangoon. in
Burma. There are also ships which have
regular sailings to the Persian gulf and
Madagascar, so that the island can be
easily reached.
The Island of Gloves.
In coming here from Tanga we steamed
along the Zanzibar coast for about forty
miles. and there are twenty or more miles
vet below us. Zanzibar is about fifty
miles long and twenty miles wide. and ii
would make altogether about 400 one
thousand-acre farms. AS you look at 1t
from the sea the land is low and its
shores are fringed with cocoanut trees
loaded with nuts. The island has dense
vegetation. II is in the heart of the
tropics and is noted for the fertility of its
soil 1t is the chief Glove island of the
world and the cakes and pickles of the
universe are favored by IL. Throughout
Europe and the United States there are
millions of secret drinkers who hide their
whisky breath from the knowledge Of
their deluded wives by the aroma of Fan
zibar cloves. The island produced last
year over twenty-six million pounds Of
these spices. This is enough to smother
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~ ~ '&%&F " GT&
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, June 90. 1908.
EN one of the most crowded districts
of London. among the working
class English population. there is
II held every year regular Fourth OF
July celebration. Big American
flags are unfurled American patriotic
songs are sung and the liege subjects of
King Edward make speeches in honor
of the Declaration of independence from
British sovereignty. Everything is done
to make the GLORIOUS Fourth" go off
with a bang-just as in the United
States-except, perhaps. for the fire
crackers Doubtless even this feature of
the day would not be absent but for the
stringency of London police regulations.
OF course. the Fourth of July is cele-
brated in England by American residents
who foregather at the Hotel Cecil to
hear the ambassador say nice things
about Anglo American relations, and also
by the holding of various receptions. Of
fetal and otherwise. in many parts of
the metropolis by Uncle Sans temporary
exiles. But the actual celebration of the
Fourth by British subjects who sing THE
Star Spangled Banner" and My Coun-
try. It's of Thee, while waving the
American flag is rather startling. 1t is
no half-hearted, perfunctory celebration,
either. The population of Walworth-
which is London's densest central dis
trict-joins in the festivities with true
fervor. and on witnessing these scenes an
American citizen might we'll imagine him
self back home.
s The idea of getting British subjects to
celebrate the Fourth of July originated
with F. Herbert Stead. warden of the
Browning settlement and brother of w.
T Stead. the editor. Herbert Stead is a
passionate internatiOnalist He believes
that if the different countries were
mixed up" in friendly personal inter-
course wonders would be done toward
keeping universal peace. He has done an
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~ -
q A City of Arabs, Hindoos
\ and Africans Governed
4 by the British-A Look at
> the Glove Plantations-The
&C Sultan and His Harem-
Zanzibar as the Warehouse
= of East Africa and How
: Americans Started Its For
! eign Trade-Our Cottons in
e Great Demand-They Pass
> as Money and Are Traded
& for Ivory - Chances for
> American Calicoes-A Bust
q ness Uncle Sam Should
e Push.
E'&E %TYE&x"x& X %'&E&S
Copyright. 1S0S. by Frank G. Carponte-
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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SISNlInISIs

for their own entertainment. Through
correspondence with various authorities
before making their visit the Travel
Club" is usually invited TO spend week
in some foreign city: and the only ex-
rerse they have t. n net is thci- railway
rare. ETen tire railway companies seem
TO look with favCT on these expeditions
for some big rcducticns Of fares have
been obtained. by means of this club
the Paris exposition visited and a
most enjoyable week spent in France-at
a cost not exceeding s1o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28
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ENGLISH Workrnen Wave
American Flags and Sing
American Songs to Com
memorate Declaration of In
dependence - Only Spot in
Europe Where Subjects of a
Foreign Government Cele-
brate the Fourth of July
in Earnest-London's Most
Tricky Populated District
Turns Out in Force to Sing
"Star Spangled Banner
How the Idea Originated
F. Herbert Stead Interests
British Cabinet Ministers
and American Ambassadors
in Novel Celebration-Lon-
don's Most Go-ahead Social
Settlement - Novel Expert
ment in Cooperative Travel
Ten Dollars Provides Trip
to Continent and Weeks En- =,
tertainment in Best Style
Real Countesses and Gov
eminent Officials Vie With
Each Other in Doing the
Honors to working Class
Wage Farmers" of London
Slumland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28

ZANZIBAR.
AVE you ever heard of Judge
Riley of Virginia? He was one
Of the noted figures in Wash
ington during the administra-
fiOpS Grant HaveS Arthur
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
How Enola Got Its Name.

Enola, the famous PENNSYLVANIA
railroad yard on the west branch of
the Susquehanna, got its name in a
strange way.
A telegraph operator who spent the
lonely hours in the little watch box,
with no more than half dozen trains
day to disturb him or break the
monotony, before the big. yard was
built, called up the Baltimore office
and asked to be relieved from such a
lonesome place. In sending the mes
sage he signed operator in charge of
the tower all alone" There was some
trouble on the wire and the last word
could not be understoon. He was
asked to repeat and then to spell it
backward This he did, first alone, -
then "Enolas In this way the town,
which was built TO order in little
more than two years, got its name
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
The American in Canada.

The American farmer is a practical
man; there is no cleverer-headed citi-
zen in the world, and moreover he is
frankly honest. When he finds in
Canada a system of jurisprudence I'M
der which law is everywhere respect
ed, when he learns that Canada has
never seen lynching that Canadian
history tells of no Indian wars, he is
very willing to acknowledge that
there is little here he would wish to
change, The fact is that in his gen
eral views and attitude toward life
no one is more like a Canadian than
an American The fact that they are
subjected to similar environment and
to the same broad sweeping continent
tai forces readily explains how by
merely crossing north or south an
imaginary boundary line Canadian
and American alike pass from one citi-
zenship to another with far less fric-
ton than an Englishman can be trans
planted to either American or Cana
dian soil.-Atlantic Monthly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
Russia,s Great Library.

One of the greatest monuments to
the memory of that benevolent despot,
Peter the Great, is the imperial IL
brary of Russia, established by him in
TIA. Present ranking places 1t third
among the worlds great Libraries. 1t
Is preceded by the National library of
Paris and that Of the British museum
OF London. II contains 100000 vol
umes and 10000 manuscripts. The
most important accession it ever re-
ceived was probably at the time of the
suppression of the Society of Jesus in
Russia, when most of the Jesuit col
lections We're transferred to the i'm
perial library. Among them was the
famous collection of Count Zaluski,
consisting of 100000 volumes and TO-
900 manuscripts. The most important
manuscript in the library is the Co
dex Sinaiticus" of the Greek Bible,
brought TO Russia by Prof. Tischen-
dorf in 1859 from the convent of St
Catherine on Mount Sinai.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
NO DOUBT ABOUT OWNERSHIP.
Foxy Trick That Would Have Done
Credit to Dave Harum.


In one of The small villages south of
Cleveland is an old man who has all
the David Harum gifts when it comes
to trading, except that he runs 10
ocws instead of to horses.
Not long ago he had COW that
looked like first-rate sort of an ami
NAL and it was except for the fact
that it didn't give any milk. With that
exception the COW was all right,
The owner desired to sell the cow
One day possible buyer said that
he would come over and look at it.
For the sake of putting the COW in a
more favorable light the owner went
out and bought a young calf, which
he turned into the stall with it.
He was getting along nicely with
the possible buyer, when a meddle-
some neighbor across the way
dropped in.
John says he, that calf don't be-
long to this COW, does it?"
The owner was furious at the
thought of having his game spoiled.
"Of course it belongs to herl" he
burst forth, hotly Il brought it in and
gave it to her myself not an hour
ago!"-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
The Dread Waterspout.

What it means TO encounter water
spout in the South seas is described
by Beatrice Grimshaw: First of all
a black trunk. like an elephants, be
gan to feel blindly about in midair
hanging from cloud 1t came nearer
and nearer with uncanny speed, draw
ing up to itself as it came a colossal
cone of turbulent sea, until the two
joined together in an enormous black
pillar some quarter Of a mile broad
at the base and probably good thou
sand feet high, uniting as it did the
clouds and the sea below. Across the
darkening sea, against the threatening
coppercrimson sunset came this 81
gantic horror, Waiting over troughs
Of torn-up water in veritable dance
of death, trying TO find and shatter
our fragile little ship,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
Poetry Won Bandits Heart.

Prof. Bliss Perry tells a story to IL
lustrate the advantages of literary
wisdom. A friend, he says, was tray
cling in French mountains when on a
lonely road he was stopped by high
waymen, his life threatened and his
yaluables demanded His literary in
stincts were TO the fore, even in his
extremity, and half unconsciously he
hurst forth with an appropriate coup
let, quoted from some obscure French
poet
'Holdlr cried tine leader of the high
waymen My comrades, this gentle
man is acquainted with the works of
our friend, NJ So-and-Sol He is, then,
our brother
The purse was returned, courtesies
extended, and the traveller and three
bandits adjourned to an inn near by
and spent pleasant evening. --Bos-
ton Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
JUST WANTED TO SEE MONEY
And the Little Old Lady Had Her
Confidence Restored.

She was little old lady, so little
and so old that with considerate
friends she would never, never have
been allowed alone in the hurried
throng on the busy streets. she was
such an old little lady that she had
only just learned that there had been
trouble in the banks, and she had
made such haste as she could to be
sure that her money--all the money
she had saved-was safe
Have you got my money! she
asked TREMENDOUSLY when she finally
reached the teller's window.
How much did you have?9 asked
the teller kindly. No one could help
being kind to such little old lady
Twenty-Five dollars" she answered.
1.-TWO tens and five. didn't wish to
take it out, she continued apologetic-
ally but | should, feel better if you
could just let me see it"
So they showed her carefully "two
tens and five.' Her faded eyes
frightened, and with grateful
Thank you she left, every line of
her bent little figure showing happy
contentment and confidence, for she
had seen her money.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
DANGEROUS Enough.

Rear Admiral Mason, chief of the
governments bureau of ordnance,
talked of martial inventions at re-
cent dinner in Washington.
Many OF these inventors he said,
with their automatic torpedoes, their
new explosives and what not, fail to
take into account the danger to the
users of their inventions They are
like the farmer and the bull,
"A farmer was driving bull along
a fairly busy country road.
That's dangerous,looking bull
you have there, friend, a milkman
said
"Oh, no. said the farmer; he's
just as civil as a sheep. He wouldn't
hurt anybody, unless. maybe, women
and children and such like
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
DEATH in THEIR OCCUPATION.
Makers of Mirrors Poisoned by the
vapor Of Mercury.

Every mirror is made at the cost
Of human suffering and poisoning. The
silvering Of the glass by applying a
layer of tipfoil alloyed with mercury
involves SO much risk Of poisoning,
the work people constantly breathing
the mercury vapor, that numerous at
tempts have been made to use an
other metal for the purpose.
1t was shown by Liebig that fine
adherent deposit OF metallic silver
could be applied to glass By reducing
solution of a silver salt with milk
sugar, so this method has been en-
ployed as commercial process. There
have been partly successful attempts
TO get like deposit Of copper
The mirror often lacks briliance
and Is usually disfigured with stains.
But II has been found by one +. y.
Chattaway Of England that solutions
of copper salts can produce brilliant
reddish films OF metallic copper which
are as perfect reflectors as silver mir
rors. Iris method Of coating glass
with a layer Of copper, it is thought,
will probably be used extensively in
making mirrors and other glassware
articles.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01

Sexes Differ When II Comes to Choice
of Future Mate.


There's curious thing" said a
minister. that I've noticed about sec
ond marriages 1t is this: Widowers
rarely marry women whom they knew
either before or during their first
period Of married life, while with wild
ows the case, as a rule. is just re.
versed.
How do | explain this? Well, /
don't; ! just mention the fact But I
suppose my guess is as good as an
others or course, to begin with, a
man has more freedom Of choice
that is, his activities are apt to give
him a larger circle Of acquaintance
than woman.
"a woman, if her first marriage
has been happy, longs for a continue
ton Of that happiness; il it has not
been wholly So she is stiIl searching
for satisfaction of ideals. She is
more likely to regard with favor a
sutton whom she has known for some
time than recent acquaintance.
Women, you remember, are naturally
more conservative than men, and a
woman Is much more disposed to be
careful about second marriage than
a first
'Of course, these are only theories
that I'm indulging in. But the facts
regarding the tendencies In second
marriages are as have stated. ANY
one can confirm them by running over
the second marriages Of his or her
friends"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
Red-Haired charmers.

There are no red-haired old
maids"
The speaker, redhaired actress.
lighted a fresh cigarette and went
on:
1.-The red-haired have an excess of
iron in their blood. This causes them
to overflow with vitality, animal spir-
its. gayety, wit charm-but | must
not boast. must l ?"
She smiled and, smoothing her rud-
dy locks with a slim white hand, she
added:
AT any rate, it is a palpable fact
that the redhaired girl never gets
left. As rule she is married at 20.
A red-haired old maid is a greater rar-
fly than millionaire anarchist Leap
year begins with 1908. but we red.
haired girls have no need of leap
year"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
TOOK MosalLE As sTImuLANT.
Prince Bismarck Kept Walters Busy
During His Speeches.

+ Speaking Of the different liquids fa-
vored by great orators for refresh
ment during their speeches. Griffith
Boscawen, in his book, Fourteen
Years in Parliament, credits Bis
marck with having carried an army
bin with the aid OF eight lemon
squashes. Never was a man and his
drink so homogeneous. All history
protests against the idea Of Bismarck
for it was Bismarck who boasted TO
Sir William Richmond that in his
young days six bottles Of strong wine
had no effect on him. And ii was Bis
marck who lamented. "Ahi English
politics has suffered since statesmen
have no longer strong heads for wine.
They are too cautious, never make d
bold stroke" 1t was a mixture Of
Moselle and settler that Bismarck
used in tie reichstag to keep his
hoarseness down and his spirits up.
The supply used to be maintained by
relay of walters running between
the chancellor's bench and the kitch-
en-. AT the zenith Of his fame, minis
tiers, secretaries Of state and privy
councillors were alone worthy to con
coct the mixture, and when Bismarck
was making his last great speeches in
the reichstag they were kept busy
behind him with wine bottle and self
ger siphon in composing his drink.
for Bismarck required eighteen or two
dozen glasses Of Moselle and water
during a speech.