Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-19

league. Behind him are Neal Dow and all
 the temperance organizations in the State,
 who are said to have contributed already a
 large fund for the maintenance of the fight. l Up to Friday morning Commander Munson
 had sworn out eighty warrants against Port land dealers, including all the hotel-keepers,
 and in every case they have been served. This movement, it is said, will extend, by a preaIranged plan, all over the State, fresh | impetus being expected from the State meet ing at Augusta the 18th. Meanwhile the ex- perts in the ranks will open fire on the legis- lature in the shape of amendments to the liquor laws.
 A French traveller has just returned from Stamboul with wonderful story of the sights he saw. He is eloquent about two thrones, one of enamelled gold with en-
 crustations of pearls, rubies, and emeralds
 In another room he saw two caskets, even
 more magnificent, studded with rubies and
 diamonds, which the. hairs from the
 Prophets beard are. jealously preserved
 There are also several curious instruments
 made of gold and thickly studded with gems
 on the back, which were used as portable
 scratching posts" Another room was hung with armors and scepters; caskets and escri-
 toires lay on the table. The old escritoires
 are all shaped like pistol; the inkstand is
 placed at the.spot occupied by the trigger,
 and the reeds and penknife are in the bar
 rel. There also inkstands in the shape of
 trays, each containing five saucers, for ink,
 drying powder and other odds and ends used
 by the writers. In another room are the
 costumes of all the Sultans, down to Nah
 mould H. Each of the costumes has silk
 scarf attached, together with magnifcently
 chased dagger and diamond aigrette. Then,
 heaped pell-mell, are the keys of the fortresses
 of the empire, and finally comes the sacred
 treasure consisting of the relics of Islam; the
 mantle and standard of the Prophet, his sword and bow; the swords of the first Caliphs, and the oldest manuscripts of the Koran.
 Mr. Frederic Harrison, in recent lecture reviewing last years work of the English Positivist committee, defined the sense in which Positivists use the word 'tcult," which did not mean, as so many seemed to suppose, worship, but whatever stimulated the sense of duty and quickened the noblest emotions; and the word religion which was the harmonious living of our lives and the right conveyance Of feeling and thought into pure actions. Last month they held 8 com memoration of Beethoven, like that given two years ago to Mozart. During the past year courses of free lectures and scientific in struction had been carried out at Newton Hall. They had revived the noble and health full medieval practice of pilgrimages or visits to the graves of distinguished men, choosing Bacon, Harvey, Milton, Hampden, Cromwell and William of Orange; and they contem- plated more difficult pilgrimage, viz, to the 1 grave and house of Shakespeare. As a body they were entirely discovered from party politics, and they only sought to color them with certain moral and general principles They were Republicans in principle, in that 1 they demanded governments in the interest l of all, and of no favored class, the highest l available capacity being sought without re- Ference to party or class. But, on the other l hand, they were not demagogues, for they 1 did not recognize any abstract right of num- | bers. As Republicans, they desired to see 1 the end of all hereditary institutions Favor l ing the influence of public opinion, they de l sired to see it represented in the most com l plete way without class distinction. I