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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

DEMosriIENEs said: ITO drink well is
a property meet for a sponge but not
for man"
FoR every four shillings spent in Eng
land on drink, only a halfpenny is
expended on education.
The British Medical Temperance as
sociation has Ais memncrs and 81 assoc
ciate students who are total abstaincrs.
NINE counties of California are sue
cessfully enforcing prohibitory and re-
strictive ordinances against the liquor
traffic,
A NEW York city paper prints re-
ceipt: How to make liquor at home. ="
Ii better try its hand at the business
of keeping liquor away from the home.
An abstinence society in St Peters
burg has six hundred members. They
have established eight tea houses in
the most thicl1ly populated part of the
city
IT IS proposed by Frances F. Willard
to found, by subscription, John b.
Cough profcssorShip of total abstinence
in the new American university to be
established in Washington.
lT is said that the oldest inebriate
asylum in the world is at Dusseldorf,
Germany. 1t was fovndcd in 1851 for
the protection of released prisoners.
There are five or six more such asylums
in Germany.
BIsHoP GAINES. of the African NJ f.
church, is one of the ablest advocates OF
temperance in the south. lie was fore
most in the fight for prohibition in At
lanta- He says: The greatest obsta-
Gle and stumbling. block in the way of
the progress of my people is rum"
Mrs. ELLEN {. JOHNSON, in charge of
the woman's reformatorv at Shelburne,
Mass, says; ''Of the women who are
incarcerated in this prison ninety-seven
are here either from habitual drunken
ness or for crimes committed under the
influence of strong drink "
THOSE who advocate the use of light
wines as preventive of drunkenness,
and point to France as an illustration,
should read an article in a recent issue
of the Petit-Journal, Paris which de-
clarcs that of all the dangers menacing
the agricultural population of France,
the gravest and most difficult 10 fight is
alcohol power.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29
MoHAMNEnAN DERvIsR.

~ ono, the distribution The seller
of flowers holds up a tempting bunch Of
roses and cries out: "Appease your
motherin-law." Opening ont from
these bazars now and then you catch
glimpse through the open door into a
mosque where the faithful are at prayer.
There are about two hundred and fifty
mosques in Cairo. great and small.
Their domes and graceful minarcts
form an attractive feature of the view
Of the city. At night around the balus-
trade of the minarcts lamps are hung.
Morning, noon and night rings out from
these towers the muezzIn, the call to
prayer. There is but one God and
Mohammed is his prophetic prayer"
AMOS w PATTKx.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29
LIFE IN DAMASCUS.
A City Well Named the "Neck-
lace" of Beauty.
travelling Along the Road where raul
Heard the Voice from Heaven-Barter-
ing In the Bazars-Street BARRIERS
The Shouting Dervishes.
Especial Damascus (Syria) Letter.l

Especial Damascus (Syria) letter.
Damascus is praised by the Arab
poets as the Pearl of the Orient" THE
feather from the bird of paradise"
THE necklace of beauty" "The eye of
the Orient" No wonder such lavish
praise is bestowed, for the city is, COM
pared with the great Syrian desert, a
paradise indeed A most delightful
surprise is it to the traveller to find
right up against the broad. uninterest-
ing plain to the west or the desert on
the east region of swiftly rushing
streams and sparkling fountains, where
luxuriant foliage and fragrant flowers
delight the eye and charm the senses.
Riding into the city one Immediately
meets the limpid streams of the Barada,
the ancient ALBANIA Rising on the
slopes of Anti-Lebanon it divides at
Damascus into seven branches, two Of
which supply the fountains of the city
and five irrigate the gardens. You ride
between mud walls for some distance
with gardens on each side, where the
walnut tree, the apricot tree, the pome-
granate, the lemon, the jasmine abound.
At length the city, with its mosques
and bazars, is reached. and the wonder
full panorama of Oriental life
lies before you. Remember,
here is city whose continuous
life goes clear back to the time Of
the old Pharoahs. Athens, Rome, are
young compared with Damascus. II
was the Eye of the Orient" far beyond
the times of Abraham. To this point
Abraham and his trained servants
chased the marauding chieftains who
captured his nephew Lot From Da-
mascus came the bands who were accus-
toned TO pounce upon the fertile valleys
of Israel Here came David, the warrior,
conqucring the city and establishing q
garrison. In Christian history the city is
mountaineering the very road we
travelled few days ago, the proud
Pharisee was endorsed, falling to the
ground as the light of Heaven shone
about him and the voice sounded in his
ears: saul, Saul, why persecutest thou
Me?" A fragment of the old wall still
remains from which the now converted
and Jealous Paul was let down in a
basket.
As center Of Mohammedan culture
It has been sacred spot Here was
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
IT'S MY TREAT.

Three young men were walking along on the
street;
"Come fellows" said Tom, with the best of
intent,
"Lcts all have drink-it's my pleasure to
treat"
And into barroom they merrily went
For sons will treat and mothers must weep
And habits be sown that will misery reap
At the gilded bar agroaning,
Three young men whose thirst had been
quenched by one glass
And wanted no more fingered still at the
bar:
" Now take one with me, :" exclaimed Dick, for,
alas,
He thought it the way to keep honor at par
For men will treat for no reason at all
Except from fear to look stingy or small
AT the tempting bar a-moaning.
Three young men who hated the liquor they
Quaned
Stood yet at the bar, though they wanted
togo;
"Its my turn to treat, MI EN- up" Harry
laughed
And down their throats slid the demon of
woe
For men will treat and be treated until
They love what at first was nauseatiug i'll
Al the deadly bar a-groaning.
II young men would sensibly 81, down and
think
How foolish this custom OF treating becomes
And how II induces the habit OF drink
That ruins their lives and destroys their
sweet homes,
Wives, mothers and sisters no longer would
weep,
For those, being tempted, long agonies reap
At the heartless bar a-rnoaning.
Or, ]; from good nature young persons must
treat
Then let them give what will be good to the
end
A book or paper or something 10 eat
WIN neither be harmful to them or a friend
For long as men treat fellow men to the worst
Themselves and their dear ones will ever be
cursed
At the DEVILS bar a-groaning.
III c, Dodge in Goodal,s sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29

arches called the li,cdn, eoordered with
soft couches and forming delightful
summer sitting-room. II your host Is
gracious he will invite you to a seat on
his dsvan and coffee will be served you
In tiny cups and the narghilyeh, or
water pipe, handed you. The interior
of many of the Damascene houses Is
luxurious to the last degree, elegant
sculpture, soft divans, fragrant flowers,
flowing fountains, singing birds and
numerous servants.
The entire city seemed crowded
into the bazars. Here is rare oppor-
tunity for the lover of antiques-in this
bazaar. Old blunderbusses, cutlasses,
daggers, coats of mail, in one. corner.
In another, fine old Persian rugs, many
of which have peculiar value because
Of their age and their use rs prayer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29
It has been sacred spot. Here was

buried Fatima, the favorite wife Of the
prophet. Here the faithful yearly start
on the pilgrimage to Mecca. Until
Cairo took away her greatest
scholars Damascus was precminent as
seat of Arabic learning. Like an opal
in a setting of emerald lies this interest
ing old city in its marvellous gardens,
the attractive center for all Oriental
tourists.
The entire Christian world has reason
to remember the fanatical outburst of
the Mohammedans and Druses in Da-
mascus in 1860 when $4,000 Christians
were massacrcd in Damascus and vicin-
ity The fearful scene began on the
9th of July, 1850, Many fugitives were
received at the English and Prussian
consulates, and others sought refuge in
the citadel The whole Christian quar-
ter was converted into "A heap of ruins.
All the consulates, except the English
and the Prussian, were burned down
and the most savage excuses were COM
mitted by the Infatuated assassins.
Many Christians had sought a refuge in
the houses of the Muslims; but on July
II the populace began To seek for and
To murder them. More than 6,000 Chris
tians were murdered in Damascus alone
II was not until aroused from its apa-
thy by the Indignation of Europe that
the Turkish government attempted TO
interfere in the matter. a number of
the ringleadcrs were bchcaded, and the
pasha himself suffered the same fate.
A French army of ten thousand soldiers
appeared on the scene, and the Muslin
felt the aroused sense of the Christian
nations, which insisted on PREPARATION
and the swift punishment of the muir
derers.
Oriental life in its motley character
and peculiar customs greets us in its
real coloring in Damascus. The streets
arc cleaner there than in most Oriental
cities, for the limpid streams are abun-
aant, yet there is too much dirt for our
personal comfort Houses are not
seen from the street There is no
front street in the western sense.
You go up dirty alley and If you
succeed in getting the entry to a
private house You will knock at q
wooden gate opening on to the alley;
passing through. you are ushcred into
a court paved with beautifully-covcred
marbles. In the center is an elegant
fountain. around which are trees and
6owcrs. On the south side. opening
toward the north, there is usually
lofty open colonnade with Pointed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29

Parents who wish their children to
develop well mentally a. we'll a. phys
ically during the summer m nths should
do all ina their power 20 encourage AN
intelligent interest in the outdoor world
by which they are surrounded, shut
up the school books and lay them on the
shelf for "A long holiday and let them
turn to the great book Of nature which
lies open before tncm for the next three
or four months. Allow them 10 have
pets adj libitup. seeing, however, that
they are properly cared for and never
neglected. Encourage them TO have
flower and vegetable gardens. Give
them attractive cabinets for their VA
rious collections. which they should Oe
taught to arrange. Give p'izes for col
lcctions Of the native fora, TIE gcoloyi-
cal specimens o. tAcir ncThborhocsd
etc. Children will feel a lccn delighs
in all these things II ludiciously en-
outraged. N. y. Triuune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29

There will bc storms this evening"
observed the financial editor. looking
over the weather report in the paper.
Thunder, muttercd the exchange
editor.
And lightning changes" suggested
the dramatic editor.
And the financial editor said he
couldn't be hail fellow well met with
such a gang, and he put on his hat and
went out with cloud on his brow
Chicago Tribune
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-12-12
ONE HAPPY REUNION.

ONE lAl / / Ii III NlON.
Christmas eve. 1913. and bitterly cold.
1t had showed all tine day hrfore and all
the night. and had only held up about
noon on the day which WIS now nearing
lis close.
In those days the distance from New
York in the direction of what Is now the
town of Fordham was tsIYerscd by Stage
coaches drawn by SPANKING four horse
teams, travelling 10y the old Boston post
road On thi, Christmas eve the leaders
plunged and plowed their way through
the snow. snorting and emitting clouds
of steam from their uostnls.
After awhile the vehicle paused be
FORE il wayside tavern in Winchester
county, hearing IA swinging and anti
revolutionary sign, the preecntment Of
scarlet clad and handsome cavalier,
aud the inscription, Marquis OF Clare
mont Arms There We're but Two ras-
sengers Ill the coach thai night-a tall
traveller IN a slouched hat and shaggy
ovcrcoat, and Il little girl whom ne car
rled IN hi~ arms.
rs the horses were haited and the
coacinnan and groom went in for Il
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rs we draw ncar home"-bnt tins man
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old home.
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often seen II IN hvhood with II. red
wall, and white canned roof. with the
candle light family shining through the
rime of tba window panes.
Occasionally sigh so deep rs TO be-
almost Il sob burst from the MANS
bosom The chld was hnshed and CON
tent in It's fathers arms.
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aate. ualt thn cid familiar hutforuuf
tree. he said To himself, They will Ice
glal to see her and love her; but oh
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When he reached the farmhouse door
h- sci the Httlc one down on her feet in
the square. old fashioned porch.
Now. bahv. remember never 10 he
afraid 10 do what papa tells vou 10 do.
You are g.ing To see grandpa and grand.
ma, and when Your visit is ont papa
will come and bring you lots Of >Weriie-
and toys. Now You must go right in
when they open the door, and papa viii
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-12-12

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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-20

1t is decidedly ill-bred to eat anything,
even confectionery, on the street.
No woman unless 10 feeble health,
should cling to mans arm during day
light stroll.
Do not discuss politics, religion or love
affairs in public conveyance.
Personal matters should never be intro
duced at chance meeting IL the third
party is not conversant with the facts.
No lady will accept seat vacated for
her convenience without giving in return
a smile, bow or thanks.
II is optional with a lady to recognize
at the second meeting gentleman who
has upon previous occasion rendered
her service.
Never swing your arms when walking
unless quite outside of the town. II free
from observation this will be found an ex
cellent means to help locomotion.
BandyiDg words with an employe Of |
company is mere vast OF time. II be b,
insolent or unreasonable, take his numbe
and complain TO those in authority.
Street firtations are 10 this enlightened
age regarded as the height of vulgarity
One breach of good taste In this direction
is enough to destroy your claims TO goot
breeding. - Chicago Mail
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-20

The death of Cyrus W. Field removes a
historic figure from the ranks of living
men. Mr.. Fields faults and weaknesses
were not few; they were human and
characteristic. But the world should
never be allowed TO forget what it owes
to him as the man who conceived and ex-
ecuted the daring scheme of uniting the
New World with the Old by an under-sea
wire whose fibres should pulsate to the
lightest touch of electricity. That won
derful enterprise revolutionized existing
commercial methods and brought together
nearer than before all tie people Of the
earth. That Mr.. Fields last years were
embittered by domestic griefs and clouded
by mental eclipse should not dim the
lustre of his early fame in the minds of
all just men. These sorrows only afford
one more proof of the universally of hu-
man suffering, that heritage of woe from
which no mortal is exempt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-20
Prices for Canned Goods Going Up


Owlng 10 'ne iight crops Oh ifuit ana
segelaoies TINS year throughout Inc west
lor canning purposes mere mas neen
lna.Reu Increase IN the prices Oh al can
neu gooos ana 1nefe is every inuicaIion
ina. Tue increase WIN 20 sun nigner'
many OF inc tomato pien's 10 tne west
were DESTROYED by the ram ana excessive
neal, ana mere Is great demand iof
Eastern tomatoes. frices nave increased
from ~ cents per uozen ior three-pou
cans 70 oLs 70 % ior future use, ana from
% 10 ez.zo on gahon cans. on spoa de-
d NV ~ Tomatoes uave gone from % 10
Sz.oo per aozen ahu three-pound cans
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-20
HIGH GRADE
AND
Low PRICES
60 TOGETHER At
THE Peoples Store. .

"The Peoples Store" aims to
supply you with things new and
beautiful. We are pushing and wide
awake, this we need scarcely tell
you. If you are looking for any
thing different from the ordinary,
we have it. We bring to your no.
tice pleasing novelties that catch the
eye, bright, beautiful and at small
cost.
We startle the street again with
the handsomest and toniest trimmed
Hats and Bonnets.
Whew How the handsome all
wool Dress Goods are going out of
this store day after day. IF you
want something fine it is to be had
here.
Flannelette is one of the most
popular outing materials, the variety
of style is great.
Too much mental effort in hot
WCdOhCl 10 uuWioc, Do uOH I'll W
grasp our Cotton Dress Goods stock.
We have all qualities and styles
in Ginghams, they are a wonder
fully attractive showing.
The way we are selling Negligee
Shirts, you'd think no other store
had them. Laundried and I'm
Numbered Shirts that will surprise
you for the price asked.
New, beautiful and inexpensive
Neckwear.
Muslin Underwear not unusual
here, but the prices are rare.
There is news in Shoes in The
Peoples Store and found on the
first floor.
Our assortment of Furniture of
all kinds is the most interesting in
town. Our Porch Rockers are SO
redful looking they are irresistible.
S. S. VAN HORN.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-20
Turning ON the Light,

When rogues fall out honest men come
by their dues, is trite but very true ad-
age. The principle Is now being illustra-
ted Ia the falling out among themselves
OF the, Democrats In certain Southern
States. Having broken up into hostile
factions, these discordant elements are
telling some hard truths about each other,
and turning flood OF light on dark places
and hidden things. In the heat of these
bitter party rivalries the opposing speakers
are "giving themselves away on ques-
tons about which the "Solid South" pre-
served discreet silence or entered an en-
phatic denial.
AT an Alliance meeting In Alabama
few days ago the main burden of the
stump oratory was the imperative neces-
sity Of free ballot and a fair count.
The meeting was attended by eight thou
sand people, OF whom the overwhelming
| majority were whites, and former Demo.
Gratis. 1t was no longer pretended that
the stories OF a subverted ballot and whole
| sale cheating 10 the count were Northern
Republican calumnies and ISLANDERS. II
was assumed, az matter OF nnquestion-
able public knowledge, that these crimes
against the ballot had been common
and systematic. Colonel Bowman, the
first speaker, declared that sthe time had
come In politics when all thievery and
ballot box stuffing should be stopped ~
He charged that the honest voice Of the
people had been stfled 10 1890, their rights
trampled under foot and the vote of the
State stolen. Growing more earnest, he
charged the party in power with being
ballot-box thieves and suffers, aud de-
clared that "the people OF Alabama
would take their muskets aud see that
every vote was counted as cast, and that
II the election managers attempted any
fraud, they should be summary punish
ed" These remarks, the report states,
were greeted by thunders of long continu-
ed applause by the audience present, which
mostly consisted OF farmers.
Mr. Adams, the President of the State
Alliance, made this the chief burden Of
bis remarks. He deprecated the idea Of
ballot-box siuffing, and urged the people
TO see to il that every vote, whether it be
white mans or the black mans should be
counted in accordance with the wishes OF
the voter, and insisted that the people
should have this done though 1t required
the sacrifice Of life TO accomplish II.
Other speakers, who followed, continued
In the same strain.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-20
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET,
Andrew Carnegie owns eighteen English
newspapers, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
And also great many in this country,
judging from the tone of them.

The Chicago Exposition is to be closed
on Sundays. AS the saloons will all be
open this will keep the thousands of visit
tors away from the depraved works of
art, genius and utility in the Exposition,
and give them a chance 10 rest and
quench their thirst. Every gin-mill keep
er In Chicago hoarselY applauds the Sen
ate's regard for the public moralities.
The above brilliant piece Of sarcasm is
from the Trenton State Gazette. II the
editor supposes that the attendants at the
fair are to come solely or largely from the
the class that spend their time and money
at .'giu-m mills he had better get out of
that narrow horizon and discoverer large
ly preponderating class OF well-to-do, self
respecting, temperate, moral and intelli-
the centre Of their pleasure hours and not
the 'gin-mill. :" If "every gin-mil keep
er in Chicago hoarsely applauds" the Sun
day closing, il is matter of Thanksgiving.
So far they are right, and their course
will add an additional argument for also
closing the ''gin-mills" on Sunday.
The editor of the Gazette appears to be
unaware that there is great body OF
moral and christian people who are un-
willing to set great national example OF
secnlarizing the Lords day. They be-
lieve that The observance of the day as a
day of rest, with the withdrawal Of the
mind from secular subjects as far as pos
sible, is not only a religious duty, but
this observance tends TO make better ant
more stable citizens and is a conservato
OF life and health. To open agreat world
fair on Sunday is the entering wedge Il
further secularization of the day, and th
progress will be rapid toward the cont
mental Sunday, where laboIing men and me
chanics work all day and more fortunat
people spend the day In dissipation. Tn
American people can get along withou
worlds fairs, but they cannot get alon
without day of rest one day in seven,
they expect to preserve their morals ant
their liberties.