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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-21
Knew How to Treat a Lady,

The woman had been accused Of
murder, the evidence sustaining the
charge, but the jury brought in a
verdict of mot guilty"
How did you reach such a mon
strous conclusion?" asked the Judge,
severely.
Your honor" returned the fore
nan, do we look like IL jays that
lon't know how to treat lady?"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-21
A Market for Your Hides, TaIIow and
Bones

Almost everybody knows that the
place to send Beef Hides, Horse Hides
Calfskins, Sheep Pelts, Tallow and
Bones is to c. s. Page, Hyde Park, vt.
who pays highest prices, RENTS the
day following the arrival of goods at
Hyde Park, pays the freight on ship
ments of 200 pounds or more and keeps
his customers at all times posted as to
market values.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-21
DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is especially good for piles. Sold
by d. A. Ward

Bert Barber of Elton, Wis, says,
II have only taken four doses of your
Kidney and Bladder Pills and they
have done for me more than any other
medicine has ever done. Mr.. Barber
refers to DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills. They are sold by d. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-21
rug Store
Notice

Whereas my wife Mary M. Ball has
left my bed and board without just
cause and provocation warn any per-
son from harboring or trusting her on
my account as shall pay no debts OF
her contracting after this date.
j. 8. Ball,
South SALISBURY, VT, Feb. II, 1908.
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roll call, the has fun charge Of
the arrangements for the convention, the
a-pportionment of seats and tickets in the
convention hall. the appointment OF tenn
porary clerks, sergeants-at-arms and other
officers Of the convention. This is largely
routine and thankless work and ID usually
left to those who have had years OF ex-
perience in arranging such details.
When the convention has been held, the
candidates named and platform adopted
and the new COMMITTEES chosen. the chair
man of the national committee becomes
the most important parsonage in the cam
paign. the presidential candidate only eN-
cepted. He 10 the general In charge Of
the battle. He Is usually, almost inyaFia-
bly,, named by the presidential candidate,
and at once takes charge OF the field forces.
He selects hts iieutenants, VINO have charge
Of tho speakers. the literary bureau and
other forms OF ammunition used IN a politi-
cal battle, and there is no rest for him, day
OF night, untl his army OF combined regu-
lars and volunteers, achieve the victory or
suffer the defeat on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday In November
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committee in Chicago. 1t is the duty of the
committee to decide contests that may have
arisen over the selection OF delegates in the
various states, the selection Of the tenn
pOrary chairman. who Is generally ex-
pected to sound the keynote of the cam
paign in his opening address and to make
up the temporary roll oali of the eonyeR-
ton. This. naturally, Is the most imDoT-
tant Of the tasks. In cases Of strong riv-
airy between opposing candidates, the com
plexion Of the conv entioD and the choice
OF a candidate may be determined by the
temporary organization. While the action
Of the committee IN deciding such contests
is always subject to the ratification Of the
convention. the delegates seated by the
national committee are rarely disturbed.
In the hearing OF coraests before ths re-
publican committee at Chicago, there has
been little room for arEum ent or debate,
the COMMITTEES having agreed unanimously
upon almost every case, the evidence show
ing that most OF the contests Instituted
aGtnst Mr.. Taft were not well grounded,
In addition 70 making up the temporary
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the delegates in the state conventions that
select delegations to the national conven-
Ion. In either event. their selection is
ratified by the national convention. usually
after the selection of the candidates for
president and vice president and the adop-
tion of the platform. The reason for this
IL obvious. The member OF the national
COMMITTEES Is supposed, II rot required, 70
be In harmony with the element OF his
party that has controlled the convention
and named the candidates. In a few In
stances IN American politics. notably when
Mr.. Blaine was the republican NOMINEES and.
later. when Mr.. Bryan was the democratic
nominee, national oommittesmep ave been
retained who were not In sympathy with
the convention choice Of presidential In
didates. and the result has always been
disastrous 10 the standard bearer.
Perhaps the most str and trying
duty OF the national committee " that Of
arranging the preiiminanes for the hold
ing OF the national convention. the duty
which has for the last week been demand
ing the sttsntion OF the republican national
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in English and It covered a variety Of
subjects.
In talking of his colony, the governor
general ssidi
Few people appreciate the extent and
possibilities Of German East Africa. This
country u about twice as big as France
and It Is far larger h any country in
Europe except Russia. II is as thiokly
populated as almost any part of Europe
and the land Is so rich that without much
work the people have enough and to spare.
We have q large territory here which will
raise cotton, sugar cane and coffee, Dur
Ing my recent visit to Mount KilimanJaro
] visited one coffee plantation which had
i@,0o trees h farmers tell me that the
plants grow rapidly and that they yield
fruit az an earlier age than in most other
coffee regions. Two or three pounds to
the young tree Is already common on that
plantation and some Of the trees are YIELD
Ing much more, As 10 sugar, we are hay-
ing successful experiments on the low
lands near the coast and we are planting
sons cotton which produces excellent crops.
SO far our experiments nave been about
the port OF sadani. We are using Egyptian
seed and our yield compares faYOrably
with that OF Egypt. We are also setting
out rubber trees as well as plantations OF
vanilla and hemp.r
ID you think you will ever be eble to
raise enough cotton to affect our crop in
the worlds markets7" I asked.
~ doubt IT," replied the governor general,
you Americans need not worry about
that now, nor for q long time In ths
future"
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During the progress Of the campaign the
members OF the national committee form
the advisory staff Of the ehairman-com-
mander, working usually In their respective
states. They are active on the suhcom-
mittees OF the campaign, having charge OF
the collection and disbursement OF funds,
the distribution of literature. the disposition
OF s~peakings and like campaign duties.
They participate in the councils of the
Leaders. out OF which come the final plans
and the general program OF campaign
activity.
After each election the national commit
teemen OF the victorious party have an
active part in reOrganizing the working
forces OF the new administration. In some
OF the southern states, the member OF the
republican national committee is the
referee in the distribution Of patronage, a
work that Is usually apportioned. in the
northern states. among members Of the con-
gress. with the national Committeeman act
ing In an advisory capacity, where senators
and congressman may fail 10 agree upon
the persons 10 be urged for federal APP
p~ointmsnts.
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Our people are OF many different tribes
and they are quite as different in char
aeter as the peoples o. other continents.
We have some who are Industrious and
some who are lazy. Some tribes are In
telligent and others are far down In the
scale OF barbsrtsm. Some are good for
one thing and Oome for another. We have
many Mascai about KilimsnJaro. They are
worth absolutely nothing as tiilers OF the
soil, but they make excellent stockmen.
For a long time they were cattle thieves
and their chief business was robhing their
n%eighbors. We have now put them on a
reservation large enough to give them
abundant pasture for their flocks and they
sire doing quite well. The MRscai make
fine herdsmen. They understand horses
and we use them to take care OF our
cavalry horses.
t"There is another tribe about KilimRn-
jaro that is almost purely agricultural"
the governor continued. 1.-THE people live
in villages with little farms nearby, and
every one cultivates tho soil. Farther in
the interior we have other tribes, some
devoted TO farming and some to stock
rearing. We have others who make q bust.
ness OF transporting goods ffom place to
place on their heads. and others who will
do almost any kind Of work, The best
OF these natives live on the plateaus OF the
interior, and we are now building Q rail-
road which viii reach their country and
enable them to be brought down to the
coast. That part OF the colony Is tbietdy
populated. and 10 we cen get lRborerF
from there, It will be Of great advantages
10 our plantations along the Indian ocean,
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goes inland from the port OF Tanga TO the
slopes Of Mount K~nimanjaro, where there
Is q high and healthy country being set
tief by deFnanS
There is another road building from Oar
es galRam westward toward Lake flanagan
yika, and this will probably also be con-
nscted by a road leading southwark 70
AXE Nyassa. These roads will open up
rich coffee and cattle lands, and will give
an Quiet from the interior to the coast.
The road 10 Tangahyika will probably have
q branch running n~orthward to Mvanza'
on Lake Victoria, and IT Will form a great
trunk line, which viii connect with the
Cape to Cairo system at Lake T~anganyika.
said the governor general:
"The line will Srst be built from here to
Morgoro, a distance OF $50 miles. 1t Is
now open as far as Kingani, about fifty
miles, and trains have been running over
parts OF It for some years. We need the
extension Of that road badly and when
It is eomplated II VIII be of incalculabls
good to the colony"
but will the road pay, your excellency7'
! asked.
"It might not DO 90 at first" was the
reply. II think Il would pay in years to
come, and that even now 1t would be pro-
fitable for the government TO push its CON
struetion. In the developments Of a great
country like this we have to consider how
to Increase the wealth Of the people and
how to develop our resources. This road
would bring in outside capital, and It would
make the people so much better off thai
W. could levy more taxes. We need means
Of rapid communication with the most
valuable Of our provinces which are lyinG
In the interior, and we ought not to be
compelled to send a large part of our ex-
ports and imports over the Uganda railway
ana the British steamers on Victoria Ny
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Baron Won ReOhepberg sxcels as q lin
guist. He speaks seven languages fluentlY
and he has mastered some of the native
tongues here, He can talk with his sub
Jects in swahili and he understands the
African native about as well as any man
in this part Of the world. He spends .
great deal Of his time travelling over the
colony. He had just returned from q long
safari about the slopes Of Mount Kill
msnjaroi he knows the coast lands thor
oughly. and he has made many trips into
the interior. Our conversation was held
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war breaks out, volunteers rush TO the
front, ready 10 do the brunt Of the fight
ing, but their enthusiasm dies with iRaetiOn
and It is left TO the standing army TO be
constantly on guard, protecting the spells
or repairing the damage OF the last fight
and making constant preparations for the
next conflict. So, In politics, the national
committee is composed OF the FegulaFc,
The voters V~Oiupteer for the campaign,
but when the victory has been won and
Loaf at the polls they return to their resu-
lar voeationS, leavAg the national com
mittss 70 the duty Of guarding the camp
ana planning the next battle.
Ths national committee is composed OF
one member from each state and territory
who. between campaigns. is the official
representative OF his party for his state,
The eommittsemen ars chosen. either BY
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the first man she ever met.
Mrs, Hoover's mother left her husband
twenty-nine years ago to Join The Wom-
ems Commonwealth" founded by Mrs.
Martha MoWhirter. in. Waco, Tex, Two
months later her daughter, Ada. was
born. Ten years ago the Commonwealth
moved to Washington.
Last summer Miss Pratt dIsobeyed the
rules of the colony. and while downtown
with a girl friend permitted herself 10 be
introduced to Hoover, She says that after
that she could not get hin out OF her
mind.
He went to Chicago from Washington
and returned to Philadelphia a few days
ago. Hearing by lettN~ Of his coming. Miss
Pratt came TO Philadelphia, and the we'd
ding followed.
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he NATIONAL committee of a
political Organization is the six ell
ston formation Of the army Of
voters, just as the regular army
is the nucleus OF the military
strength Of the nation When
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Talk with Governor General.

! met the governor general shortly after
I landed here. He is the supreme ruler
Of the 100000 people who inhabit this
great German colony, and he has entire
control of German East Africa. He has q
great building devoted TO his offices and a
beautiful villa IN a great park some dis
lance away, My first talk with him was
at the government house and l met him
later in the evening at his home and had
a chat with him
The governor of German East Africa is
Baron Won Rechenberg. lie was educated
at the University Of Berlin and after grad
uatiOn was made consul general at Zanzi-
bar. Later on he held a diplomatic POSI-
ton in. Russia and was then sent here ia
be the ruler OF the colony,
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I here asked the governor general as to
the native labor supply. saying ] UNDER
stood the blacks made poor workmen.
Said he;
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New RAILROAD.

The conversation here turned to the rail-
road possibilities of German Fast Africa,
This country already has one line which
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Mar rs saIaam.

Oar Es saIaam.
Turning to the city itself. one walks
through wide streets shaded by trees and
bordered with flowers. There are great
government buildings of old-fashioned
German architecture, which have been
erected within the last few years, away
down here in the tropics. The government
house is far superior to anything in British
East Africa and the great white postoffiee
with it's tiled floors makes one feel as
though he were in Europe rather than In
the wilds of the black continent. There
is a large German club, a half dozen mod
ern churches and a first-class hotel, which
is known as the Kaiserhof. There are
many stone villas, the residence OF the Of
ficials, and there are some fairly good
business blocks. The buildings are all new,
clean and artistic. Most OF them were
built by the German government, after
plans by German architects, and the re-
suit is one Of the p~rettiest and most artis-
tic little towns OF the world. Indeed, 1
know Of no place which compares With this
except some OF the cities Of Java, and they
are by nc means so fine.
The m have laid out the own so
that II seems 20 be q part of a botanical
garden. 1t Is situated not far from the
equator and It's vegetation is surprisingly
beautiful. The buildings rise out Of cocoa
nut palms and the fan-like leaves OF other
palm trees whisper a welcome as we walk
through the streets. There are many
acaoias and trees loaded with flowers OF
all kinds. The roads are well kept. Every
blade OF grass and weed Is pulled out ana
a chain gang Of native women conyicts
pounds hard the roadbed after each rain.
These women nave iron chains about their
neeks and there are chains which run from
collar 20 collar, holding the gang together.
They are bareheaded, barsshouldsred and
barefooted and they move along taking up
the whole width OF the road ard pounding
tho ground firm with wooden stamps,
which they rise and let fall In unison,
where the Natives Live,
The native section Of Oar IS Salaam IL
back from the harbor. Neither Hind0Os
nor Africans are allowed 10 ave houses
in the European settlement and their huts
are showed off in the woods at the rear.
The town has altogether about 5000
people. The most of them are native
of the different tribes which live alons
the coast, and a large number who have
come in as portsrs and servants
from back In the interior. Many Of
the natives are swahilis, noted az tbs
brightest Of the East Africa negroesj snt
there are also a large lumber OF Eas
indian who have monopolized the retail
trade.
Thee people all dress IN cottops and the!
are more clad than those ! saw In British
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Curious Capers of Cupid

yeds First Man She Met.
.ORN ana reared in a colony OF
women who believe that mar
riage is a sin, Miss Ada II, Pratt
Of Washington, d. c., was mar
z ried last week to b. Franklin
y Hoover Of Philadelphia. He Is
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Prosperity of German East Africa and It's Ten Millions of People

anrs, and to pay toll to the English there
after. When we have railroad connection
with Victoria Nyanza the trade OF the
southern half OF that lake Will come down
here TO Oar es sarsam, instead OF going
Mombasa. as st does now
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During my stay / have visited the bar
racks. The natives are allowed 20 have
their wives with them. They cook for
their husbands and their presence keeps
the soldiers in a good humor. This same
custom OF allowing the women TO go with
the army is common in British East Africa
and Uganda, save that there the native
soldiers and police live in villages OF huts
which are put up for the purpose.
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tendon 10 a conversation which had had
with Mt. Wen, a rich South African. who
has been prospecting as to the timber re-
sources OF the northern part Of this colony.
Mr.. We'll told me that he was about to
take up a concession Of timber lands here
which would keep his men busy cutting for
the next 100 years. He said he intended
to order saw mills and other Timber ma
chinery from the United states and that a
large part OF his market would be the
United States, where he expected TO send
a certain furniture wood which Is much
like black walnut. The governor general
replied that Mr.. Well had not received the
concession as yet, and that there is no
absolute surety that his plans will be car
ried out. He continued:
A to our forests, they are Of great
extent, but so far they have not been ex-
plotted. Some OF the wood is fine and
they will ultimately have a fixed value in
the market Of Europe. We have trees
which correspond to teak; some which are
like black walnut, and others which are
as soft as cedar. All OF these woods are
valuable and there should be a market for
Them in Europe and also along this coast
How the Colony IL Governed.
INV hAAN bbNtlhOI ktNkIAl 10 kGll mo
something as to how the colony is man.
aged. 1t has a governor general appointed
by the kaiser and nine administrators. one
for each district. The administrators are
appointed by the governor, and each Is
aided by q council OF three or five mem
bers' or which the administrator Is presi-
dent. The MEMBERS Of this council are
appointed by the governor and one OF
them must represent native interests. Jus
tiee is administered by supreme courts and
district and native courts. The army con-
sists of the military and the police and in
1t there are about 300 Germans and $500
natives.
The government is establishing schools
here and there over the country. and II
has both European and native teachers.
There are a large number OF missionaries
at work, both Protestant and Catholic.
and they also have their schools. There
are 5000 pupils in the government schools,
and these schools include manual training
and schools for the government service.
Many wagon roads are being laid out
through different parts OF German East
Africa, and there are caravan routes
throughout the interior.
So far the chief trading station has been
Bagsmoya, which lies on the coast Just
opposite zanzibar. which is on an island
~thirty-four miles across the channel From
time immemorial the porters have brought
ivory and other goods, on their heads,
from central Africa to that port, and have
shipped them 20 Zanzibar. where ali the
steamers CALI At the same time all goods
sent to the interior have been first brought
to Zanzibar and thence shipped inland via
Bagamoya- Since the railroad from Oar
es Sslaam has been built the caravans
have been bringing their ivory, rubber and
other products to its western terminus,
and they are now shipped from Oar es
salaam to Europe. This diversion OF trade
viii probably increase, and when the rail-
road has been completed to rabora almost
all the central transafrican exports and
imports will come this way.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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no Ride TheiF EmbIemH,

~ NNANN AhNN HNnuANmh
W, ii. Alexander, a democratic politician,
living near Mammoth Springs, Ark, and
Harry Palmer. a Missouri republican, have
agreed on a joint wedding ceremony. to he
followed by a honeymoon trip with thu
brides on tho backs of mules and an ele-
plant.
Palmer intends 20 go through to Chicago
via st. Louis on the elephsnt. accompanied
by his bride He hopes to arrive in time to
attend the republican convention. Alex
ander and his wife win ride mules all The
way to Denver.
The novel plan was discussed in the pres
ence OF their respective finances, both OF
whom readily agreed to the trip as out
lined. No wager has been made and the
best feeling exists between the politicians,
it IL explained.
Twin Sisters at the Altar.
To be the first bride at the altar OF tho
new Methodist church OF coshohoeken. Pa,
was the honor which fell to Rachel,
daughter OF the pastor. the Rev. J. 7.
Gray, who performed the ceremony. the
bridegroom being William p. Gray. = law
yer OF Bangor.
Tbs bride has been a teacher in the Phila-
delpRia schools, having taught three years
at the George B. Mcclellan school, Ken
sington, RNd lately at Falls or S~chuylkni.
She Is y graduate Of the Academy OF Fine
Arts, the walls Of her fathers home being
covered with some creditable pictures In
oil, as the product of her brush.
Her twin sister, Iona, who bears a strlk-
ing resemblance to the bride, was maid OF
honor. and was distinguished from her by
a contrast in clothing, the bride being at
tired in white, with white bridal roses,
while her twin attendant wore a colored
costume with pink roses.
Childhood sweethearts Wed.
While the irate father OF his fiancee
fretted and fumed in the bound rail-
road station at Manchester for two days
and two nights. II. G. Young, 10 years old,
who had taken the girl from her home in
Nichersville. Ark, married her, escaped
the sheriff after a long chase aud brought
his bride to the home OF his g~randmOthsr
IN Rhea, Okl.
The young husband declares on his ro-
turn from a business trip in Memphis and
persuaded her TO eiope.
They had been sweethsaFts 1An0S Shu-
hood.
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Ar Us Cor
respondence OF The Bee.)-
stand with me under the 30
coanut trees on the shores Of
this beautiful harbor and take
a look at the chief city OF the