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netting TO-.
good business has been done for electric
railway companies In Toxic, showing an
advance OF yen l or 2 as compared with
last week, In consequence Of the grand
military review and the grand imperial fes-
Compelled to t"s revise Hfs, his Hse adv sns p because sa Of
Government action. sThe shares of the
Toxic electric oompaniee,s he stated then,
lowing to the receptions by the Municipal
Hall Of the proposal to increase the car
fares, IRE In o bad condition notwithstand-
ing large income In the cherry season
The circular gives interesting informa-
ton Of the big profits derived by the cleo
trio light. gas insurance and industrial
Great profits likewise are made by the
SRs. o%s q sP1 ni n & t ans p q = Is sst ss%PsPlss;
less than l5 per cent. More than 2i ,OOo, 900
yen Is invested In these companies, and in
addition to the payment Of largo dividends
there have accumulated surplus funds
amounting in the aggregate to more than
aggregate capitalization.
Two oil companies pay % and $50 per
cent. respectively, and two sugar refining
companies pay 20 per cent each. One brewery
company pays 20 per cent, but the only
other listed is q Of the few stocks on the
list that has TO date made no return. This
company, though, had accumulated a
surplus. Of i,1o0, 900 ysn, and the broker
states that the stock II q purchase in an
ticipation OF Q dividend declaration
The four principal exchanges In Japan.
the Toxic Stock Exchange. the Osaka
Stock Exchange. the TOXIC Rice Exohang'
and the Yokohama Silk Exchange, are in
oorporated companies and, Judging from
their earnings. thriving institutions, Shares
Of a par value Of 30 In the TOXIC Stock Ex-
change sold at $3.50, and in the Osaka
paid dividends Of ~ and 10 per cent, re-
~speotiyely. Tho rioe and silk exchanges,
though not % prosperous, paid dividends
OF II and 10 per cent. with stock listed at
ma end f2dQ respacfayslys sgvsrr~rr
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MIR. BRYAN AT DAMASCUS
The Ruins Of the Temple Of Baalbsk-An Early Oh Monopoly.

blocks were evor lifted into place 10 stiIl O
matter Of conjecture. No mortar was used,
and yet To- some plaoes the joints are 90
nicely fitted and tho stones 90 accurately
out that o knife blade cannot be inserted
after a lapse Of nearly twenty centuries.
sToNHs or 1 900 TONS wEI0IsT.
Stupendous as is the plan Of this WONDER
full temple and elaborate as 10 its ornamen-
tation, the most remarkable feature 10 the
size OF the stones employed. Tho guide
first shows o number Of blocks about %
feet long, IA feet high and 10 feet thick.
After ones wonder has had sufficient time
10 express Itself, three blocks are pointed
out which mes sure o. feet in. length, Il feet
In height and II feet In thickness. The
estimated weight Of one Of these stones
is nearly 1000 tons, and II 10 calculated
that it would require 10000 horsepower
to lift u.
At the quarry q, companion block, 7? feet
long and about IS feet in height and thick
ness. Is to be seen. chiselled from the stone
about It, but not entirely separated from
the stratum beneath It. This was prob.
ably. INT tended for the sustaining wall around
tho temple. Whether 1t remained at the
quarry because the work Was Interrupt ed
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olizlng the oil business on the Mediter-
ranean coast. 1t was early in the Christian
era that the aforesaid John, according to
Joeephus, convinced the Jews who dwelt
In Syria that they were obliged to use oil
made by others, and then the historian
adds: so he lJohnl bought four am
phore with such Syrian money as was
OF the value OF four Attic drachme and
sold every half amphora atthe same price;
and as Galilee was very fruitful In oil and
was peculiarly 30 at this time, by sending
away great quantities and having the sole
privilege 80 to do, he gathered In immense
sum Of money together"
This is interesting and instructive. It
shows. first, that monopoly il an ancient
evil, and, secondly, that the m~onopolist In
his inclination to take advantage OF the
consumer by raising the price was much
the came then as now-but / nave been
afraid, ever since / read OF John Of Gis-
lohala, that some American named John
might try to initiate him and establish q
monopoly In our country-possibly In oil.
IMPRESSIONS or DAMASCUS.
But on TO Damascus-and we reached
It all too room. for the ride across the Anti
Lebanon range IL also picturesque. The
route down the east side OF the mountain
follows the valley OF the ALBANIA, a splendid
stream, worthy Of the compliment paid II
by Naaman. 1t leaps from the mountain
side n full gro n river and plunses down
into the plain only to be lost in the sands,
but not until 1t has brought veriure to
many square miles that would otherwise
be barren. It is easy to understand why
Damascus Is among the oldest, II not actu-
ally the oldest, OF all the cities still standing.
II occupies the one g~reenHspot In all that
section and Is the OUTPOST Of the Mediterra-
near coast. The Arabian desert stretches
to the east and southeast for hundreds Of
miles, and the caravans from Persia and
Arabia pass through Damascus on their
,xay-to .Egynt even now. "a they- did when.
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By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

Copvrfoh. 1900. bv Joseph q, Boioes-Copvrtohi
N Grsat BrldiH-AH Rights Rsssrved.
Before writing Of the Holy Land I shall
devote an article to the week which we
spent among the Lebanons. While the trip
from Beirut TO Baalbek and Damascus ID
included in the advertisement Of Palestine
tours, the places visited are not 30 intimately
connected with Bible history as those Of
Judea and Galilee.
Beirut. the seaport for this section Of
syria, has the best harbor TO be found on
the east coast Of the Mediterranean, and
the city Is naturally a place OF considerable
siEe and importance. The population Is
estimated at about 15o, 1000, and the residence
portion cover the foothills Of the Lebanon
range. The principal industry Is the pro-
duction OF raw silk, the mulberry groves
extending az far as the eye can reach.
The road from Beirut to Baalbek olimbs
over the Lebanon range, reaching In one
place an altitude Of about 5000 feet. The
view Ia ono OF rare beauty-tbe winding
shore of the Mediterranean. the terraced
mountain sid e and the snow clad peaks
combine TO form an impressive picture.
The far famed cedar. Of Lebanon, some SIX
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possible to 60 to Galilee in, a few hours,
to Beirut and 60 to Haifa by boat. This
we did, and having a couple Of days at
Beirut we learned something Of the re-
ligious work done there. :.
" MISSIONARY 1AaoRs
In the division OF territory the Pres.
tie country around Beirut. The district
IL divided into the Beirut, Lebanon, Sidon
and Tripoli stations, and at all OF these
stations schools as we'll as churches are
being established. So successful has the
work o besn that h ths n aAt aotias for s g,t'ss
dollar sent from America There Ia also
an American press at Beirut which pub
fishes the Bible in Arabic, some 9 1000 copies
being issued last year. In addition to re-
ligious tracts Of, various kinds. One OF
The leaders N the missionary m9vsIent.
mtieth year'of service among the Syrians.
The Syrian Protestant college rs also
located in Beirut, and occupies q beautiful
site overlooking the sea and In sight OF the
highest peak OF the Lebanons. While
Christian in management, this college Is
not denominational, but is under the con-
troll Of an American board representing a
number Of churches. Between 900 n TOO
young men are In attendance, and it's grad
yates are scattered throughout the world.
Catholics Cloth Greek and Roman, Ar
menians. jews and Mohammedans, n Ito
influence in these parts can scarcely be
overestimated.
The present president OF the college,
DR.. Howard 8. Bliss, 10 the worthy son OF
the colleges first president, DR.. Daniel
Bliss, whose religious and educational work
in this territory covers more than . q
century. The elder Bliss, now past IS,
and his wife. are enjoying an enviable ex-
perience. Their active labors over. with
minds still alert and with hearts stin young,
they are spending the evening OF their
the children and grandchildren who
have blessed their home, Their rest has
been earned, and the peaoe of their latter
years Is a merited reward. Surely they
Illustrate the blessedness Of liyes conse-
Grated TO q high purpose and rich N noble
service. 4
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SAND sCRAPING PROFITABLE.
Coney Island Beach II Yieiding Coed Pay
Gravel This Summer.

OH&vCA ~ 6uttitiCrs
Sand scraping at Coney Island IL pay
Ing we'll this summer. There isn't much
labor attached to 1t, and 1t IL profitable
II one Is lucky. Moreover, no too,s are
needed save a pair OF hands.
II b best to 60 sand scraping after a
heavy rain storm. Walk down to the
beach until you como to the ane white
sand. Examine the sand very carefully,
and don't limit your area. II you don't
find anything on the surface, burrow
down half an inch or 20. .
There are hundreds Of boys at Coney
Island who make sand sorapng q regular
business. After a heavy rainstorm they
flock down to the beach and 70 over tho
entire surface OF the sand. Most Of the
boys are rewarded. Pocket knivee, cuff
buttons, medals, stick pins and watch
charms are found. It Ia not an uncommon
thing, according to one Of the boys, TO find
valuable pins. or oven gold watches, In the
sand after q holiday.
Following q storm the other afternoon
three boys who live at Coney Island hurried
down. to the beach. One had not been
scraping for more than Eve minutes when
no picked up q pearl handled tnife. The
boy Kept On searching until he ran across
Q hall dollar. another q the three boys
failed to hnd anything. The third made
the best find OF the afternoon. While digging
under one OF tho board walks which leads
from 2 bathing houeg he saw something
ehiny IN the rand. Tho findwas q 6oarfpin
wa 9 htfle diamond IN u ss%S5Ssa
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was opened at Hari-sou some twenty-five
years ago, but to-day there are $500. Of
which only 2,0O0are worked, the rest having
!beep abandoned. Some ZOO men work
IL held, at which they dispose Of the blocks
of meerschaum they have extracted during
tho week. At the village Of Sepetji, stu.
ated about eighteen miles to the northeest
Of Rslishehr, there. are come 5000 pits
In q space Of six miles. OF which only it0
are ~ rSra .sIa he he, ret sss. se %is. sss Ssps sasu.d
q Thousand years ago. which " not In
credible, as e 70 well known that magnesla
was formerly used for many purposes
other than the fabrication Of pipes, more,
over, fuller's earth, to-day disdained, usea
70 DO worked On q vast scale by she eneienss.
administration of mines authorizes meer,
schaum TO be extracted are called Ghelki and
Menlou. II 10 stated that tho Menlou mines
were opened 1000 yeers ago. ~,
The neeyschaum depostts Qf we k4hi-
shshr district are worried on the following
foreman or ganeer. having. from two to
fifteen men under his orders, having peGeed
out q pioco Of ground, eenerauya metre VICE.
Q pit b sunk until q rod clayey earth. which
hthe first sign Of the existence Of ma gnesia,
IA reached. Sometimes this N reaohea
alta few metres rom the surface, but ordi-
tatOy hhs W NG 3SWh
metres, and often forty and even up 70
sixty metres. before reaching this req
earth wherein the m~eerschautn - dissemi-
mated In kidney and other irregular forms.
The volume Of these blocks seldom exo0eds
thirty TO forty cublo centimetres, the greater
part Of them being the size Of . walnut or
oI reaching the eangue' containing the
blocks Of magnesla the miners drive hoti-
sontaI shafts through tho red clay. This,
however, 10 no easy matter, as they cannot
detach or piok OF more than fifty grammes
lleries are no ltees than q quarter OF q mile
In length. and Il sometimes happens that,
owing to these being pierced at random,
different gangs meet underground. Ihey
work night and day, the galleries being
lighted with petroleum, and after q certain
Quantity Of bloGhs has been Sst.sctsd the
Il drawn out Of the pit and stacked In the
miner's bsyrecks. These blocks are bought
81 q Es III sss's every F fRiss in n JOB so Iots.
The meerschaum blocks are then cleaned:
the operation consisting OF scraping. and
cutting the blochs with a sharp instrument.
out into any form. The blocks are separated
for commercial purposes into four classes.
according to size and quality, The blocks
being ready for sale, q bargain b struck
between the @luledjs' and the commission
agents and merchants at E~skshehr, Of
whom there are about o dozen. The latter
then pa ck the blocks Of these four classes
with very great care into boxes OF equal
size, each block being wrapped In cotton
to avoid any friction or shock between the
pieces. The Eskishehr meerschaum is
highly prized In Europe and America for
It's qualities, but the miners need Western
capital and Western methods Of develop
mont to yield their best In proits.'
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europeans Coallu& WIFI iuThcy IHofo M
loan dealers, also tends to leave American
products in the background. Merchants
here say that II European manufacturers
oan be liberal with credits, n stnl mako
profits, 1t IL reasonable to presume that
to do as we'll. And II should be borne In
mind that the Turkish importer has fire.
olently to sell to his customers on three
to nine months credit. European sellers
are ready to allow for this. The farst to
do 90 were the French and Germans. but
the British have reluctantly come to IL. ; .
1T is to be remembered, also, that under
police regulations In Turkey an Ottoman
subject may travel only upon payment of
rauoh 'baksheesh,' and then under haras-
Sing restrictions as to the time which may
be occupied u i9urnsyins o. IN ssops a
their consulates, may readily obtain MI
necessary travel .permite.
there In another setback to increased
comnneroe between Turkey and the United
6tates, which seems here to be an anomofy.
There = no bank here At TIE present time
States. All business IN therefore dons
through London banks. An American
commercial bank would be q boon to Ak
porters and importers alike -
In q further communication TIE Suns
schaun mines Of Eskishehr, a town on the
Anatollaa Raiload In Asia Minor. The
mines are ancient workings, many OF which
are still opulently productive, and were
recently the object Of q visit by the Count
and Countess Hans Hermann Won SohlStnitx
and q company Of explorers. n8t"T 4
sMeerschaurn q be extracted In Several
villages In the neighhorhccd on Eskia
thehr,' he writes, 'by any person on pay.
ment Of 8 piastres to the Ottoman Adminisl
tration OF mines-the cost ofyg permit;
Tho mines OF aari-sou are about seSehteeui
miles TO th6east OF Esbishehr. XScordibS,
~ . report py Consul Waugh; The. aEat M
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DANCED-BUr PAID THE PIPER.
Lesson In Clubhouse Etiquette to . Party
Of IntrudeFs.

Of I~ntruders.
AZ the head Of the bay Ia the nearest
approach to q watering place in the whole
region. There are hotels there which rave
real hops every Saturday night, q yacht
club and a drug store. The rest Of the neck
OF sand that runs southward is occupied
only by the cottages Of the little colony
Of New Workers. who bought the land In
order to provide for themselves quiet sum
mer homes. These homes are 30 quiet
hat visitors from the livelier place to the
north are usually eatished to call by.
One party Of ten landed, however. the
other night at the dock which adjoins the
clubhouse built by the colony for its rare
socfal functions. The presence Of the
STRANGERS ~as noticed first through the
lights which Illuminated tho club. A searuh
party started out from the cottages to find
out the cause Of this unusual gayety.
As they approached music was heard.
Somebody was playing the piano and figures
passing occasionally before the windows
were undoubtedly waltxing. The investi-
gators, standing on the piazza, saw q party
Of about ten persons enjoying q dance.
The lights had been Lit and the piano was
under the experienced banda Of one OF the
party.
Nobody was In the least restrained by
the fact that they were all trespassers.
Even the appearance OF the owners OF the
club at the door did not at first impress
them, but the waitzing gradually came to
an end and the music stopped. There
vas q little subdued whispering among
the dancers. Then they slowly left the
room.
81 hope you oon' mind our using the
piano and the room,' one OF the men said.
sWe nor our poat at tho dock. Then
we saw the clubhouse and nobody was
in it,
without waiting for an answer, the party
moved down to the beach. The boat was
still tied up to the dock, but when the
strang era came to seek 1t a little later to
SAL home IT had disappeared. In vain
they looked for a sign Of It. Half an hour
passed and still there wal no sign Of It. No
hour, 30 they sat on the dock and waited.
After another half hoar there were signs
Of q boat approaching. It did belong to
the waiting party and as II came near enough
the strangers recognized the investigating
party that had visited them in the club.
house: Then the boat made q turn and
landed at the pier. The long wait had made
the visitors indignant. but not one Of them
spoke while h was made fast.
'"I hope you don't mind u using your
boat. one Of the home party said. 1T
was anchored at the dock and there was
nobody in it."
Without q word OF reply the strangers
went aboard and made preparations to get
under way. The only sign Of IN answer
came from Of the girls. She could not
suppress altogether her inclination to laugh
and tho sound Of q giggle foated over the
water as the boat sailed homeward.
1T was an awful bore sailing around In
that tub said one OF the investigators,
but, We had to show them that there was
clubhouse etiquette even down here
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found from time 10 tim4 In the tombs Of
Syria and Egypt are more beautiful than
when they left the hand OF the manufacturer;
the outer surface has decayed, and beneath
are revealed all the colors Of the rainbow.
It was the custom to fill the tear bottles with
tears OF the mourners and 10 bury them with
the dead.
The soarabs which are found 90 often In
the ancient tombs in Syria and In Egypt
are the old fashioned tumble bug or dung
beetle with which every boy, or at least
every country or village boy, y familiar.
I little thought when / used TO see the
tumble bug rolling his little globe Of manure
eloug the dusty road that he was con-
sidered a sacred insect several thousand
years ago. or that he was eve used ~ a
symbol Of the Creator, and yet his like
ness adorps temples and tombss and bis
image, cut In stone and bearing the seal
Of rulers, bias been found by the thousand.
moved and o scarab inserted In it's place.
The scarab, rolling its ball. typifed to the
ancient an unseen power guiding the sun.
while the bursting Of the young bug from
its egg In the ball symbolized che resurrec-
tion-to what. classical uses this common
place little insect was put. -
Among those who have been instru-
mental In bringing the hidden treasures
OF Syria to tho attention Of the world, Mr.
Azees Khayat, Q native Of Tyre. but now
an American citizen, deserves special meu-
ton. Many American museums are in
debted to him for their collections.
AN EARLY OIL MONOPOLY.
Speaking Of Tyre and Sidon reminds
me that In the study Of Syria and Palestine
l ran across an early instance of monopoly.
Josephusa ocuses John Of Gischala Of monop-
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Meat Market Stronger.
REMAINS OF COL. STOCKING.
Body Will Be Taken to Syracuse for
Interment.

The remains of Col. Sloan W. Stocking
examiner-in-chief of the patent once
whose death occurred here yesterday, as
announced in The Star, will be taken TO
Syracuse n. Y, at T:40 o'clock this even
ing for burial in the family lot In lakewood
cemetery there. The body Will be ac-
companled by Mr.. e. B. Stocking brother
of the deceased. Col Stocking was de-
scendant of the famous Stocking family
prominent In the revolutionary war, TWEEN
ty-two members being represented in Vari-
Gus regiments in General washington
armies He was born in Wilkesbarre, Pa,
in 1894 and obtained his education in HAM
ilton College later graduating in law, which
he chose as his profession.
The interment of the body at Syracuse
will be according to wish of the deceased,
expressed a short time before his death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-09
Vaughn Glass Entertains.

Ladies' were guests of the Vaughn Class
of the Calvary Baptist Sunday school at a
dinner last evening. J. w. Bell presided
over the festivities. Among those present
were Mr.. and Mrs r. s. Williams. Miss
Harriet Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. MUIR
ply, w. A. Lipphard, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Hines, Mrs. Josephine Fowler. Minnie q.
Hunter, Arthur ]. Hughes Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Vaughn. Mrs
3. III. Roberts, Thaddeus Robbins, H. W.
Smith, Miss Margaret sisson. Mr.. and Mrs
/, Z. Hayes, Miss Stella woodruff, Mr.. and
Mrs H s. House. g. Ray Reynolds, Miss
Katherine Young, Miss Mabel a. Jones,
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Sustained Fracture of Leg.

While In the neighborhood OF Sth and q
streets southeast last evening. about $50
O'Clock Lottie Johnson. colored. nineteen
years Of age. slipped and fell upon the side
walk. She sustained a fracture OF her leg
and was removed 70 Providence Hospital
Her home Is at 10 Marks alley.
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services will be held over the remains at
the Methodist Church In Fairfax Court
House at $50 pm. Friday
Mr.. Hawxhurst was native of Long
Island. N. Y, and settled IN this county
In 1876, where he was engaged in farming
ana milling until the commencement OF the
civil war. He was strong Union man
during the civil war and one of the original
anti-slaye adherents.
At the opening of the war Mr.. Hawxhurst
removed to Washington, but sool oafter
nostiiities commenced engaged In ner-
ohandising at Fairfax Court House. re-
manning while that town was occupied by
federal troops. He was postmaster OF the
town for an almost uninterrupted term q
thirty years. In 1859 he was elected to the
Virginia legislature ~ conservative re-
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THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR IS RATHER THE PLAY
TIME OF BUSINESS. PROFIT-MAKING IS LOST SIGHT
OF AND THE AMBITION TO SEE CROWDS BUYING EN-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND CLEARING UP THE REMAINDER
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BUN Over by Car.

Arthur Green. colored. twenty-four years.
OF age. living at 151 Francis street south
east, was knocked down and run ovey by q
car while working on the big sewer in Hills
dale yesterday afternoon. The workman
was injured about the arms and legs ana
was removed to Providence Hospital
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publican, in opposition to. the republican
nominee. being opposed to the disfranchis-
was voted on at that time. He was the
first grand chief templar of the Order OF
Good Templars in Virginia, and was always
cause.
The first local option law ever enacted
by the legislature was drafted by him, and
passed in 1879, special law for Fairfax
county. Three daughters and three sons
survive him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-09
illustrated Talk.

An illustrated talk on the book In His
Steps, was given by the author, Rev.
Charles w. Sheldon, pastor OF the First
Congregational Church of Topeka, Kan, at
Wesley M. e. Church. corner Of 9Th and F
streets northwest. last evening. He also
read a story not yet published. entitled
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Delivery Wagon in Collision.

A horse drawing q delivery wagon belong
ing to L. Portion of PA II street was struck
by street car yesterday afternoon while
in the vinicity of Pennsylvania avenue and
1st street. The horse was knocked down
and slightly injured and the wagon was
damaged.