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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01


famous buildings in Asia-the great
mosque of Damascus No particu-
lars have been given, though the
destruction of property in connec-
ton with the burning of the mosque
must have been great. The fire re-
moved one of the most noted buildings
in the world, whose cite is the center
of associations extending back into
the mists of antiquity, and which was
one of the principal points OF interest
in city full of historical attractions
The Moslems' sacred day is Friday,
when thousands would assemble in the
great mosque, whose capacity was es-
timated at 80, coo people. 1t stood near
the center of the city, and covered an
enormous area. Tradition gives its
history as follows: A heather temple
in the beginning, it was converted into
the Christian church of St John, and
then, after being captured by the Mos
lens, il became one of the most
famous mosques of the Mohammedans
II one went up a little staircase
which rises from the booksellers
Bazaar, and climbed to one of the sur
rounding eminences, one could get
good view of ruined archway, one of
the finest and most ancient Of the
Roman remains in Damascus From
here could be seen the well-known
Greek inscription written on the
mosque itself: Thy Kingdom, o
Christ, is an Everlasting Kingdom, and
Thy Dominion Endureth Throughout
all Generations
foreigners on application to the Con-
sui, who always had to accompany the
visiting party The fee was 90 francs
per party, besides sundry items of
backsheesh.
Descending to the booksellers Ba-
zaar, visitors mad to pat on slippers,
which were hired by the keepers
They then passed through the gate
way into the grand courtyard, which
was surrounded on three sides by
cloisters, resting on pillars OF granite.
limestone and marble. On the south
side stood the mosque itself In the
middle of the courtyard stood the
Kubbet en-Naufara or Dome. of the
Fountain, which was an exquisite
piece of workmanship. Here the
Moslems performed their sacred ablu-
tons To the west of this fountain
WAS a remarkable dome, supported on
columns, called the Kubbct cl-Khaz-
neh, or Dome of Treasure, which is
said to contain great quantity Of
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
Een,arkable Driving.

IT is generally the easiest thing in
the world to drive horse without
spirit, but there is one recorded in
stance where stage coach driver COW
cred himself with glory by doing just
that thing He was an old-timer, this
driver, and one afternoon in the days
of long ago he and his coach and four
came rafting up to the tavern door
like an avalanche. AS the coach
stopped one of the horses dropped
dead.
THAT was very sudden DEATH" re-
marked by-stander
That student" coolly responded
the driver. That 'oss died at the
top of the hill, nine miles back, sir;
but wasn't going to let him down
till got to the reg lar stoppin' place. "
--Harnpr'g
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
PANTS EOR WOMEN.
Popularity of the Masculine Garment
Becoming Alarming.

Popularity of the Masculine Garment
Becoming Alarming.
In Canada, perhaps ten thousand
women wear trousers during the
winter of course with the skirt In
this country, the popularity of the
masculine garment is growing with re-
marlSable rapidity. The trousers are
now and have been for years in use
for horseback riding. The fencing
costumes. also trousers, are worn
without the skirt, and in the gymnas-
iuns of the fashionable boarding
schools for young ladies trousers are
worn exclusively and with excellent
effect and comfort In Europe, for
the past two years, the Turkish pants
are worn by the fashionable set for
climbing the mountains. The same
are worn in the Scotch Highlands by
the English women. The bathing
dress shows marked signs of following
the general movement, and at the
French resorts last summer the most
fashionable ladies appeared with the
ciose-fitting bathing-suits with knee
trousers. The effect was a great i'm
PRIV iAANl l'SSiaAis NiNG biiO AsiNAANo
left the water there was no tight
sticking skirts to interfere with their
locomoticn. At Narragansett Pier the
young ladies wore the skirt extremely
short
Mr.. III. Corwin of Cincinnati, head of
the dressmaking department at the
John ShilIito company, is of the opin-
ion that in time the ladies will aban-
don the skirt, but not for many,
many years" He said:
II don't think the ladies will aban-
don their skirts for some time to come,
although the movement is surely go
ing that way. That the ladies are
wild after mems clothing there is no
doubt Now TO begin with, look at
this West fashion plate There are
seven figures on it for ladies' styles.
Five out of the seven are patterns
after mems clothing. They have copied
the mems styles in every instance, ex-
cepting the trousers There is the
one-button cutaway, the Prince AL
bert, the double breast, the vest, shirt
collar, tie and all 1t is no wonder
people are talking of the women adopt
ing pants and discarding the skirt.
There is no telling what women will
do, you know"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

wings OF vulture, which the aisles
of the mosque were supposed to pre-
sent The richly gilded wooden maus-
oleum, which stood between the third
and fourth columns of the south aisle,
was SAID by the Moslems to stand over
a cave which contained in a golden
casket the head of st. John the Bap-
fist. At the east end of the mosque
was grille, which was probably used
in Christian times as a place from
which the nuns could hear the mass
behind the high altar. In modern
times it was used by the principal
sheilxhs (chieftains) to pray in retire
ment
Fragmentary pieces of tessellated
pavement, which could be seen here
and there throughout the mosque,
broken patches of mosaic on the cell
ing and walls, faded goldwork on
many of the Corinthian capitals, these
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
Overheard In the Toy Closet.

"Heigho!" said the Wax Doll,
YEARLY. I'm awfully tired. j sat
through two dolls teas this afternoon,
and then stood on my head in the cor
ner for one mortal hour. ] don't know
which is stupider-tea, or standing on
ones head"
They're both hard work." said
the Rubber Doll "But think of me.
The baby left me in the bath-tub this
morning, and was under water for
forty minutes never got such a
soaking in my life. I'm afraid I've
caught cold. Doesn't my whistle
sound little hoarse?'
1T is sort of squeaky," put in the
Iloople; but I'd rather he squeaky in
my voice than dizzy. | was going
round and round for an hour and a
half steady this morning; and the
worst part of my work is that the
more ! attend to my duties the more
the children hit me with Il stick"
I'm very sorry to have to hit you, :"
said the Stick. 1t hurts me just as
much as it does YOU
IL know, my dear" returned the
Hoople. You are as gentle with me
as you can be. l suppose l ought to
be glad you are not made of hard
wood, like the Bat"
Yes, indeed, you ought" cried the
Baseball. Pm nearly dead being hit
in the head by that old Bat"
81 miss you as often as can" said
the Bat.
That's true enough" said the Ball,
but think it's pretty hard on me
just the same. The only pleasure !
get is in singing hobbies hands when
he catches me. hit his palms so hard
and hot yesterday he had to drop me.
lie thought was u bee.
well, isn't there ever going to be
any rest for us?" asked the Wax Doll
Seems TO me we ought to have a vaca-
ffAv,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

those to whom you have loaned money
or have started in business, or whom
you rescued in some great crisis. l
think it has been the history of all
lives-the most acrimonious assault
has come from those whom we have
benefited whom we have helped, and
that makes il all the harder TO bear.
Another burden some have TO carry
is the burden of bereavement All!
these are the troubles that wear US
out. If we lose our property, by ad-
ditional industry perhaps we may
bring back the estranged fortune; If
we lose our good name, perhaps by
reformation of morals may achieve
again reputation for integrity; but
who will bring back the dear de-
partedP
Then there are many who carry the
burden of sin. All, we oil carry il I'M
til in the appointed way that burden
is lifted. We need no Bible to prove
that the whole race is ruined. What
a spectacle it would be if we could
tear off the mask of human defilement,
or beat n drum that would bring up
the whole army of the worlds trans
IRRESPONSIBLE deception. the fraud
and the rapine and murder and the
crime of all centuries! Ay, if l could
sound the trumpet of resurrection in
the soul of the best men in this audience
and all the dead sins of the past
should come up, we could not endure
the sight. Sin, grim and dire, has put
its clutch upon the immortal soul, and
that clutch will never relax unless un-
less it be under the heel of him who
came to destroy the works OF the
devil
Oh, to have mountain of sin on
the soul! Is there no way to have the
burden moved? Oh, yes. Cast thy
burden upon the Lord" The sinless
one came to take the consequences Of
our sin! And l know he is in earnest
How do ! know it? BY the streaming
temples and the streaming hands as
he says, Come unto me all we WHO
are weary and heavy laden, and l will
give you rest"
Why will prodigals live on swine's
husks when the robe and the ring and
the fathers welcome are ready? Why
go wandering over the great Sahara
desert Of your sin when you are in
vited TO the gardens of God, the trees
of life and the fountains of living
water? Why be houseless and home
less forever when you may become the
sons and daughters of the Lord God
Almighty?
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

Miss Alice Parker of Boston recently
appeared in behalf of client before
the Norfolk County Mass Superior
court, and has the honor of being the
first woman lawyer thus to serve in
the courts of that county. The deputy
sheriff, who informed her Immediately
upon her taking her seat within the
rail that spectators were not admitted
there. the Enclosure being reserved for
counsel, retired much crestfallen when
she quietly informed him of her right
to remain with her brothers in the
Ia
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE AT DAMASCUS

most valuable old manuscripts, and
which, according to the Moslems, was
never opened. The dome to the east
of the fountain was used for astronomi-
cal purposes and was called Kubbet
es-Sa'a, or Dome of the Hours.
On entering the mosque itself the
eye of the stranger could distinguish
but little at first in the semi-darkness
1t was, in truth, most magnificent
structure, $50 feet in length, and 125
feet broad. Its form was that of u
basilica. The site of the original
heather temple occupied over GOO
square yards. The broken columns OF
this can be traced among the different
bazaars in the neighborhood.
In the days of its pagan glory the
plan of its construction was similar to
that of the Temple of the Sun at Pal
myra and the Temple of Solomon at
Jerusalem. There was n shrine in the
centre with an area in front, surround
ed by q double colonnade. Around the
whole was court, encompassed by
ranges of columns, the dimensions of
which, as nearly as can be estimated
were /, 100 feet from east to west, and
500 feet from north to south, on much
the same as those of the Temple at
Jerusalem. 1t is very probable that
here was the House of Rimmon" re-
ferred to by Naaman in Kings. ",
IS. and that in this temple Ahaz saw
the altar, the beauty of which so struck
his fancy that he caused a similar one
to be built for the Temple at Jerusa-
lem.
The rave ard .he two side aisles of
the mosque we're divided by two rows
of columns, and in the middle was a
dome called Kubbet en-Nisiv, or the
dome of the Vulture, resting On an oc-
tagonal foundation and with
small, round, nrched windows in it.
Below was the prayer niche
which was of beautiful design. The
dome derived its name from some
fancied resemblance to the outspread
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

There was general falling off in
the customs and excise duties collected
in all the British Australasian colo
MES during the last year with ths sole
exception of New Zealand In New
Zealand the revenue increased Sc per
cent In New South Wales IL de-
creased 1875 per cent; in Victoria,
1920 per cent; in South Australia,
10. 81 per cent; in Tasmania, 9.74 per
cent, and in Queensland, o. 50 per cent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
Not cowboy style.

Says Col. Tom Moonlight, the new
minister to Bolivia: ~ never wore n
high silk hat except once. 1t was
when / was governor of Wyoming and
we were celebrating Fourth of July or
some other holiday l was told that
the governor ought to wear tile, and
SO put one on. had not gone fifty
yards before a cowbow, just In from
the plains sent a bullet through IT,
He said that n man ought to have bet
ter sense than TO wear silk hat in
CHEYENNE. and, to tell the truth, nv
sympathies were with the cowboy"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

The danger that may Turk in the
communion cup is being recognized
by the churches of Roches ter, New
York. So says the New York Medi-
cal Record At q recent meeting of
the preachers of that city doctor
was present to warn the thirty-five
preachers, also present, of the mem
ace to health which the communion
cup often constituted. BY a unani-
nous vote committee was appoint
ed to devise ways and means by
which the danger can be averted.
When the committee reported it was
with the suggestion that small indi.
vidual glass umblers be employed
instead of single silver goblet as
heretofore 1t was urged that some
sixty individual tumblers could be
placed on a tray OF convenient size
and passed and thus avoid the neces-
sity for a healthy person touching
his or her lips to a spot which the
lips OF some person suffering from
tuberculosis had just pressed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

EXTERIOR OF MOSQUE AT DAMASCUS.
and other significant remains attested
the former magnificence of the mosque,
IN the construction Of which l20O 49,
lists from Constantinople are said -
have been engaged.
Ia LOGS the mosque was partially de-
stroYed by fire. and since that time it
has dever been restored to its pristine
grandeur and beauty. Not the least
interesting feature of the mosque was
its series of three graceful minarets.
Upon the highest of these, which
reached to an altitude 80 $50 feet,
Jesus, according to Moslem tradition,
was to have descended on the day of
Judgment
So feet the works of men
Back 10 their earth again;
Ancient and holy things
Fade like a dream.
CTS PoDIN.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

THE latest fashion in burglaries is
worthy the romance of the border.
Nothing heater was ever done in a
forest or on Robin Hoods highways
than the job performed in Chicago
by party of gentleman thieves who
rang a door bell, politely entered
the house when the door was
opened. softly closed the door and
then proceeded to business. While
one corralled tho family in the par
Tor under a cooked revolver, the
others ransacked the house. A
neighbor, who happened to ring the
bell untimely, was not permitted. of
course, to receive any response, and
went disappointed away, believing
the family not to be at home
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

An unsuccessful effort was made
In Chicago recently to revive with
permanganate of potash a wouldb be
suicide who had taken six grains of
morphine. The doctor who was sum-
moned found his patient breath ing
the gutteral and jerl1y way peculiar
TO u victim of morphine poison,
found him with blue face and q cir
culation hardly perceptible. He at
once administered fifteen grains of
permanganate hypodermically, but
no apparent effect followed. An
other physician being called in con-
sultation, nitro-glycerine and strych-
nine were administered. but with no
decisive results. Then oxygen gas
was administered by means of arti-
fetal respiration and CONSCIOUSNESS IS
was speedily restored.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

The wedding OF the eldest son of
the car of Russia to the Princess
Alix of Hesse is to be n gorgeous af-
fair. Representatives OF every
reigning family in Europe will travel
to St Petersburg in high state and
bearing costly gifts. All the Asiatic
potentates under the czar's suzerain-
ty will send delegations with costly
presents of jewels and gold. Queen
Victoria promises the bride $50, 600.
Hundreds of thousands are TO be
spent on the ceremony and attend
ant festivities. But who earned the
money which pays for all this pomp
and ceremony and extravaganza
Not the car, nor the queen, nor the
representatives of reigning families,
nor the Asiatic potentates, for none
OF these in all time has earned one
dollar. Then who does pay it and
why?
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

She discovered bridge near her home
on FIRE and, removing her rcd flannel
skirt, tagged the train. Gov. Mckinley
will suggest to Mime. Gellet that, if
she will send him the medal she pro-
poses to present, he will see that it
reaches the little heroine.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

HAVING exhausted all the other
subjects OF complaint against the
United States, the Canadian news
papers have discovered, seven
months after the worlds fair closed.
that the dominion exhibitors were
unfairly treated by the exposition
management The specific charge
is that Canadian exhibitors of agri-
cultural implements were deliberate
ly swindled out of awards to which
they were entitled by venal and cor
rupt judges. 1t is difficult, of course,
to disprove q charge of this kind,
but it is equally difficult to prove it.
and the Canadians have not proved
it. Neither will most people familiar
with the subject believe that there
is any truth in the indictment
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

In Corea the Ming family is cres-
cent il not regnsnt, running all the
primaries and bossing things gener-
ally. In Corea, likewise, the Kim
family. represented in the final unit,
that is in Kim himself, did ardently
yearn to become both crescent and
regnant and to boss things himself,
with the result that he was suddenly
shot forth as from Kalinsky gun.
or bronze Corean mortar, into re-
mote. unfriended, Shanghaian exile,
where he was recently assassinated,
the Japanese Indignantly say by Chi
nese completely and connivance, his
assassin bringing the remains home,
for exhibition and testimony. in
quarters like those OF Texas steer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
THROUGH the peculiar terms of

THROUGH the peculiar terms of a
will it has become necessary for a
Kew York court to pass upon the
Immortality OF the soul. Able minds
have grappled with the problem be-
fore, but there can be little doubt
that the court will take it up with
confidence render a decision and be
prepared to fine, for contempt. any
one presuming to express a doubt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

whom Mime. Irma
Gellet, directress of
the Society of Life
Saving of France,
wishes to bestow
the decoration OF
the society. She ii
Jennie Creek, agee
8 years, daughter
of a farmer living
near Mill Grove, a
station o ( t h e
Pennsylvania rail
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

FAULT is found with an Oakland
newspaper man for having related
that certain citizen had diod OF
plural pneumonia Possibly the
newspaper man was correct The
pneumonia may have invaded both
lungs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
THE PRIDE OF. ISLAM.
GREAT MOSQUE AT DAMASCUS
IS NO MORE.
Glorious In Tradition and History-It
Was for Centuries the Rival of the
Temple of soloman at Jerusalem
Destroyed by Fire.
A&H IL

II Il L A T f S T
n G W s dispatches
received from Asia
mention the very
curious fact that
the Turkish au-
thorities seem to
have for a long
time suppressed all
extended notice of
the destruction of
one of the most
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01

SoHERvILLE, Mass. is rejoicing la
the possession of feminine military
brigade, the first of its kind in the
world. so it is said. 1t is to be hoped
that the girls can snoot bullet
straighter than they can throw a
stone.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-06-01
a LITTLE HEROINE.

She VIII Wear Medal from the Re-
public of France
Gov. Mckinley of Ohio has discov-
cred the identity of little girl who
last summer tagged railway train
and prevented an accident, and upon
The morning call., 1894-11-06

SACKAMENTO, AUGUST T. IoSL J
MT HEREAS. The Legislature of the
w State of California, at it's thirtieth ses-
sion. beginning on the second day of
January. A. d. 1898. two-thirds of all the
members elected to each OF the houses of
SAID Legislature voting in favor thereof,
proposed the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aGend-
ments to the Constitution of the State OF
California, to wit:
The morning call., 1894-11-06
BERKELEY.

Lieutenant Winn announces tine appoint
ment OF the corpofals of the University Bat
talon. His appointments are based on the
twofold efficiency OF the cadet as an instructor
of the freshmen in practi cal tactics and in a
written examination. The appointments rank
in the following order: Kuzie. Bayley. Taylor,
Nee. Booth. Low, Allen, Davis, Metcalf, Barr.
Starr, Rawlings, JurGenS, Case, Miller, Hatch,
Bauer, Lowell. Reynolds. Craig, Cartwright,
TOde, Well, Phelps, Marston, Dean, Blanchard,
LOring, WhipDle. Evertt, Collier, Sadder, Ran
some. McNutt, Voorsanger, Allen, Robinson,
Selfrldge Rodgers. Baldwin, Mcdonnell, White,
Hamilton. Cottrel Elston c. A., Elston j. A.,
Gregory, Robbins, Bartlett, Heise.
Withdrew.
G. F. w. Richter. candidate for Justice OF the
Peace has Withdrawn his name from the can.
vasSs
College Notes.
The posters for the university thealer party
are out TO the extent OF about feet by 10 OF
yellow paper Zach, with the mammoth an
Douncement OF the event. Alexander Ros-
borough and Daniel Mclaughlin Will assist the
college boys in The programme. which will con-
sist of college hits put into farces and variety
events. The affair will close with a novel ex-
hibition Of "living pictures"
Unitarian Board
The Unitarian church has elected for its
trustees for the ensuing year Professor Henry
Senger, Professor w. &. Jones, Messrs. J. l..
Scotchler, ID. l.. Bishop, j. q. Wright, w. W.
Davis and w. ii. Payson.