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father dead the eldest brother may act or in some
the mother.
The customs as to the right Of the family to die
tate the marriage rigid. The-cther day peasant
living Jerusalem had sister who ran away with
her lover and married him This after the family
had objected to any union Of the two. The peasant
took revolver and went after the bridal couple He
met his brother-in-law in Jerusalem and shot him
dead the street. When arrested he justified the
crime and he is imprisoned awaiting trial l
told he will get off with slight punishment,
he has acted within his rights according to the Koran
Brides Of the Cities.
Among the city Mohammedans the bridegroom
makes present of dowry sufficient to enable his
bride purchase her and household furni-
ture. He may give her six eight hundred dollars
and the greater part of this will go to her nearest
male relative being paid before the wedding takes
place On the other hand he and that relative may
buy the outfit together making items of the various
things and their cost. often the whcle dOwry is not
paid, 25 80 per cent being left until after hte
wedding. This is not demanded, except in of
divorce and ii is considered premium that will in
sure good treatment on the part of the husband
The bride seldom the groom before the we'd
ding and the groom never meets her before that time
The Investigations of both families carried by
the fathers and mothers independent Of the real par
ties to the marriage.
How They Marry in Syria.
asked Mohammedan friend OF mine last night
TO tell NE how marriages. were arranged here.
Said he:
"When boy IS old enough to have q wife, let us
say at II, his parents begin to look about for suit
able girl The mother gees to the hareuls 6 her
acquaintance, and asks the daughters She also
visits the gris' schools, and when she has found
maiden whom she thinks may suit, she invites the
mother of the girl meet Der at the bath This is
Of the chief places OF gossip and pleasure and
is not uncommon for ladies' 10 meet there. To the
bath the girl comes with her mother. and she there
has her first interview with her prospective mother
iu-aw. Tho two talk and gossip toaether, and very
likely so into the hotro"m ard plunGos clad in the
light attire Of two Turkish towels the fashionable
gaiJ for the oc,asiou After the bath is over they
have somothing to cat
There is moro tallfng and the girl is sized mp
mentally and physically. Upon the letu.a homo the
mother Of the Prcom tells her husband the result Of
her Investigations and if ne is pleased NEGOTIATIONS
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wonders accomplished by government engineers in the
redemption of arid lands under the reclamation act,
there nothing unique than the group of pump
ing projects in North Dakota by which means the
hitherto uncomfortable Missouri is haruessed and
madc rrgate thousands of of land that have
needed only the touch 90 water to make them fertile
Since the earliest days OF western history the Big
Muddy has been looked upon the most uncontrol-
liable of streams. says a writer in the New York
Tribune. The keel boatmen who poled many adyen-
turer mp the streams i'm the days Of the fur hunters
had countless thrilling experiences with the erratic
stream Many successful trapper, floating his fur5
back 20 the st. Louis market struck snag in the
boiling, muddy river thrown against a sand
bar by a ClutchinE eddy and heard Of no more.
In later years the ranchers who have settled along
the Missouri have had their troubles with this giant
among streams. Sudden floods have come, wfeaking
untold damage. Then too, the channel Of the stream
has constantly shifted. Owing TO its windng course
and the sandy nature Of the soil through which It
travels the Missouri is constantly changing its bed
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BBASKA and Iowa land owners along
the Missouri river will be interested in
some projects now beiug worked out On
the upper reaches of the treacherous
stream by the United States government
in the line of irrigation. From recent
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begun with the parents of the bride agreeable
&c Gcvry IS f-od and the bctrosal is made Neither
The marriage nor the betrothal can be consummated
without the consent Of he girl This is got
ten in connection with the man or Mohammedan
priest who appears at the door of the harem of the
brides mother The girl is behind the door and she
is asked if she viii to the match She has
q Will three separate times, after which the
amount of the dowry may be paid over in the pres
euCc Of witnesses.
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Queer Wedding Ceremonies.

In all oriental countries the wedding ceremonies
are very important The marriage is always
cason of prCtractod festivities, and not be invited
is grave oGense, One of the proverbs here is, He
who does not invite to his marriage will not have
nc ii his funeral Among the Mohammedans the
Wedding cerom, MES often last week, during which
q gre is foa-'iug the part of both families. The
G~rols avon before the wedding and at the time
Of TIE ceremony LARGE amounts OF money thrown
TO the boggars. The wedding feas,s usually begin
Monday Tuesday the bride is taken to the bath and
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Ia Co1Stanf1nople tie Women are
dong away vzA The veil ~

lconyricht. 1910. by Erank q Carpenter.D
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-12

DAMASCUS Special Correspondence of The
Z Bee )-Ho Yo brigbt-eyed, fair-skinned
girls of America Drop for the moment
4 your hobble skirts and peach-basket hats
and take look at your sisters of Da-
u mascas in fsraway Syria How would
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had become corrupt by those

had become corrupt by those
angels going after strange flesh.
compare Jude & and It'll verses
thus the Angels which kept not
their first estate, but left their
own habitation. even as Srdom
and GOmorr2h and tie cities
about them in like manner giving
themselves EVER lO turnic ,tiOn
and going after sta anwe flesh.
Now there will arise many QucS-
ton in the truth seekers mind,
il the fallen angels in that az
could matnriajizc why did not
satan 'nltoI'ialiHe As mGn, instead
of a SnrprNt in the garden. Lie
was too wise for that. Eve knew
there was but the one man il
the garden, and If Satan had
appeared t. her ia TIE form Of
Adam and began to tell her, tie
fruit OF that tree was good she
would have said my Gear how
did lon tind out, sec Exodus
= lN.l.. for more W0rH> Of the
serpent
Tht present world IS under
the >uoiaction OF the Prince of
/ Of dis world (Sa!an} and the
great day Of tribu|alinN is bein-,
! brought on by Satan and bis
angels depressing man and Satan
sitting in IA" tempt" OF God. ~
! God putting darkness for light
as before we Enrc n t quoted
Al pa*sarcS fully but rnoNZh
that one may have d c,unce ,oy
study
l. ! Chambers
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QUESTIONS. NO. Sc,
QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWER
Ed BT TIE ONE MAN
THEORY ADVOCATES.

1sJ Who did Cain fear when he
was banished into the land Of
Nod:
22nd, What was the forbidden
fruit:.
3rd. Who was Gains wife:
4lh, Who WAS the Sons of God.
and who was the men spoken Of:
9Th. What caused the ~reaa curse
that WAS between tie Jews and
the people Of A>hdod: Spoken oi
in ,I,,.zra q y Also in Nechamiah.
U3-.43-1111,
9Th. Why Was the gospel Of IN
circumcision committed to Pau
and the gospel Of rirrrmcisio.
to Peter
I'll Why after Paul hHA preached
seventeen years 10 the gcntilcs
end went up to JerrSaIem anC
under the toaching OF the tvcIv,
Apostles he had tnohpv tho law
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receive according to whathc pro
dured. in other words | shall
makca comparison Of 4 bushel of
wheat, and Blu. Of corn, mot being
afarmer could not tell how much
labor it would take to produce
either Of cheese, but for instanc o
it took one day to produce Il bu.
OF com ana it took days Of inst
as hard labor 20 produce Il buShe.
Of wheat, then Che man who ,,rD-
dGc2d tie buShcl Of wheat should
have twice as much for his bu-
of wheat. as should the man who
raised the corn sho1ld have for
his hu>he} Of corn, bat il it only
takcn unr day 10 raise hush>l
of WHEAT and only one day to
raise a bu>hcl of corn, then they
should be OF thu, same value. and
each he uli receive tie same, or
in other words. value wonld I've
based on The cost OF productions
instead OF being based upon sup,
! ply and demand.
You might ask, well how arc
We, to get hold Of these erorluo-
VS. trusts, corporations factories.
/. X etc | would at first say if
1T Is possible to secure possess
ION OF these peacrahly 90 so b,'
al means. bu1 II not, then it will
! DC u the pAO pc to ds edo. The
same question COnfrUNtS " 81
| day as confronted the ppo1lp be
fore the civil war, the rvrrn s'ay,
WAS property Of theSlAvr owners
and the cry went up. ~ Oh h,vc
no right t. TAX our slaves away
from MS, he is our property as
same as any other 5f Of our Go
mcSiic animals, "bpt it was S ID
then, and Nou know t. De- truo
th1t keeping of the slave pnvu!v
ed human Liberty, and so say
mat the trusts, cOrpOra'iCnS
mhlneS. also the gre at no dine
OF money, also pnvOlvcs human
| liberty, and it was Ovcrtnrnwr
; in the civil war, and it would mo-
be more than right for Us to dc
so now, If 1t were necessary frl
US to contiScate them. | WOnld sa\
do so by all means. we the work
!h% people are in the mai0rit,
and we can rule this govtrnmen
to eur own advantage and a,
they arc in the minority ant
lave no he STATION to confiscat
GA" property thro Ugh intert st
mortgages profit, rent taxes, All,
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50 SNA .

\ far-n Of 60 acres, lying 6 m,
south west Of Norwood in Sec
tion Il +. ii Township ~, There
is 81 acres in cultivation, good
orchard. - bearing Apple trees,
Is bearing Peach trees, A good
three room house, story and a
half. Good concrete cellar near
house good we'll near house
good log barn, good smoke house
good hen house, a fine farm for
any one seeking a good location
Near School house, and Church
handy. Good neighbors.
PHIca 81 O)) For further
particulars call on or write Mr.
Drew Ryan, Macomb Mo. Il. r
d, No. /.
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Cooperative Ownership.

AS a Socialist come tnpro
G lailn f. igits is ! cHn 500
them and at the same time seek
irg tie Truth in an its branches.
In last weeks issue OF the treS-
set YOU NJ doubt noticed an arti-
&c entitled "What is our relief
while reading this article ] was
just sayirr amen to myself until
| came to this paragraph, which
as being true socialistas think
| am, | cannot think would be
OF q benefit 70 mankind.
It read, NOW what II our ro-
Ncf?', "WeanSwcrIiOMiI lNDU-
SnRT. let US back to the farms,
cooperate in homeil dustry, raise
our own products, build our own
mills and factories. grind our
own flour. make our own ciO, tbs
Kill our own meat, and wear COR
own appearial "
Nov it stan ds to reason that
in cooperative commonwealth
things could We produced more
cheaply than at home BY private
individuals this fact has already
been proven by the fact th9t
large corporations consolidate
tor the purpose of securing
greater capital, and in ihis en-,
abling th> msolves to buy more
costly machircry, ard thereby
producing articles at less COST,
to meet competitive t;ado.
| Now If this is more prOfl table
to the capitalist, would it
not then be mere Pr, titadIe
to the working man and the ma T
Of few means. 4 these article
were produced in as large q1an'-
ties as pt ssable, SO as to tlini
nate the greater part If the cost
Of manufacturing, and 1hi:
difference between the manufat
turing cost Of an article and the
selling price or &lcI aHti'! !
should 60 INTO The h9ud& ~ Tie
working man. TIC ni2l Win pro
duced it. instead Of the idic rich
who produce nothing
We advocate that these thing.
be produced in as great amounts
as tits possible so as to )essuu
the cost to the people who buy
these articles, and iha, they
should revert back to the people
lat actual cost Of manufacturing
including actual cost CT traspor
tatIon etc, and ia this way would
BE- of practically thc same cost
at one place as another, in ibis
system it would be to every IN
Interest to frloH the vocation tia
most suited him, as il would be iu ,
as profitable to follow one trad
as another, and every man woul
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QUESTION 10 IS.
Dec. 10, 1910,

Dec. 10, 1910, I
Dear Bro Garrett am asking
you for information to know it,
the Catholic church is right or is
it a goodchurch, / 90 not be-
long to any church or donomina-
ton. Sam says the Catholic
church is the best church. and
the only one, they say they are
the best people ia the world. So
want to know. and if You can
tell me in your next paper Of tho
CRESSET. What is their belief?
Do they believe in Christ. Is
their church perfect, or rot? Do
they believe in a heaven?
And l want to know if You be-
ieve inthe Latter Day Saints?
believe they are right.
Do you believe in laying on Of
hands to heal the sick: Did
Christ lay on hands to heal
the sick? Has the church this
right, to day. Where does the
Spirit go when a person dies to
% specla' place prepared? or dc
they lay il the tomhs with the
body? some say thag they are in
the tomb until the resurrection
day when Christ comes again
Please let me hear in Your next
paper about this l am not much
of q writer bnt q child OF God,
Correct all mistakes brother
Garrett My address is Leo ma
Scurlock.
Oronogo Mo. R.D.no2.
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FERACRUZ Mo.
Feb. Q, 1911.


n the earth in those days; and
also after that, when the sohS Of
God came in lntO the daughters
OF men, and they bear children to
them, the same became mighty
men which were of old, men of
CenOun. See yer. > those are not
the kind Of sons spoken Of in |
John 81 or JnO. u. THe>e
in Gen. are sons on the spiritual
plan as Job 1t. Now there was
a day when the sons of God came
10 present themselves before the
Lord, ard satan came also among
them, (See chap. 2.l.)
Job IS /. AL the sons of God
Shonted for JOY, when the toun-
datiOnS of the cartn was laid (a)l
thai were sons at that timp)
Christ is the Son of God JnO. /
"a. The Lamb Of God yer. IS
the only bcgotten son .ino. ; IT,
Il sent His only bcgotten Son
into he world Jno. / y. Now
il he sent his only be-ottcn son
into the world. Tie must have
been son before he Sont him.
So We read John 10. And
now o Father g!orify thou me
with thine own self with the
glory which | had with thee be-
fore the world was. Col. 1-1I.
Who is the image of the invisible
God the first born OF every rrea
ture. SO we see that Christ was
the first son YER is for Ey him
were all things created. i Cor.
So. But to US there is but one
I God the Father OF whom are all
things, and we in him aud are
Lord Jesus Christ. hy whom are
all things and we by him don
fail to notice the distinction, but
one God the father OF whom are
all things. And we in him (the
! we is the church, and one Lore
Jesus Christ, KY whom are al
things and We by him. S.
/ Christ was the only hegot'cn Of
th" Father. John 3-1G-l7,
john t ..
And by him was crested, {
Lucifer son of the morning lisa
! 14-!2-l4 > TheS. "a. Who op
poSeth and cxaltpth himself a
bove all that is called God or tia
is worsh;ped he as God stitch il
the temple Of God showing him
self that he is God. Oh YOU sa,
, that is the Pope. Well if devils
could be cast out Of man and en-
ter swine and cause the swine I
commit suicide. Could they no
possess man and he sit in III
temple Of God, But we hay
digressed. WHO We're thos
sons Of God that took the daugf
ters of men to wife? They ver
not the Jew of Nehemiah for TIL
was long before Nehemiah &
Jew either. Ihcy were sons 0
the spiritual plan Az the dcvi
John s IA. And abode rot in tn
truth (then lc was in the tut
al one timeN He that cnmmi,tet
sin is of thu devil ! John 8 3 (h
is tlc child of the deviD Sata
luSt4d after power and when h
fell he drew othcr angels wit
him.
And the angels which kept NJ
their first estate but left thei
own hahtation he hath reserve
in everlasting chains under darl
ness unto the Judgment grea
day. There are the angels r.
fered to by Paul in | Cor. &
Know ye not that we Shall judy
angels.
ThsOc angels at one time Wer
the sons Of God and shoute
for Joy when the foundation c
the earth were laid and ate
satan, that deceiver caused ma
! to fail, Then those other angel
left their own llabit&tion th&t
those that ralD .1rGua Eth on
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PUBLISHER
n, G. Garrett and II, N. Bowers
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The I'D is an agent for the (
BelleviIle separator and the J Jumbo
9&1ss .&@>, E[E1 BEST that is made
" know what we are talking
about, We have been ~"~~5z + re
engine noy7 I SIX years W.
will sell you enc or both CT >>.:.z
engine or separator and alsu 1-44
hay bai|e1 unsurpassed call and
sec us, or write us. Now il the
tim G to buy: Cone let us help,
you 10 Tie vc1tb C your money
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even direct legislatio{
should have no hesitat
back what they hal
filched from us.
Things as the Panaln
while am not conde
pr inciple Ct pnbiic iml
nor am J saying that
of tie canal is not righ,N
say that this is of interW
wealthy classes, and r3
poor, and that it is the
man who pays the bills,
partly what keeps us ir SUI II
IRENE poverty, and these IN
are system where by the I
American mOnOpUlist is seekinr
q place to sell his surplus. prodl
cts to an advantage or large pro.
lit, surplus products YOU must
remember are the things we hayo
produced and should have GO
and which went to the Capitalist
this is what call "Dividing up"
Did you know that in trying
t. raise the battleship Maine it
was disclose that this exposion
vas from within the hold, and
not from a mine by some spaniard
IS was supposed, and as soon as
The people who had charge of
she fund for raiseing the Maine
found out this was so, they an
rounced through Sec. Of War,
'}icisjon that the fund Wa *
Aansted, did you know that b. ky
have declared the BattleshiN.
Texas which was built 1892, at
an enormous expence have de.
Jared thab she is out of date,
and tboy are going to use it as
4 target TO test their guns on,
and shoot it to pieces,
Can't YOU sea that all of this
is paid for by you, and the work
ing people in general, and that
cheese ohlngs arc for thespurpose
| OF ptungclng us more and more
j IN debt so az to keep us in
poverty and from poverty into
! ignorance, and thus we are easily
controlled, and that these things
makes taxes higher, you can see
that this is Of interest only to
the capitalist. and not to you, is
rot this contiScHtion of our prop.
crty, what more right then have
they to take our property than
We have to take it back again,
they ara about 3 percent of the
worlds population. and we are
- ut % per cent which ought to
Lave the NEST rights?
! Decide Yourself.
Il, l.,
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QUESTION No. 81.
Jan. 81. 1911

Jan, 81, 1911.
i}ro. Carrett
VIII YOU please tell ne when
NhriSc cones to Judge IS it after
he destroTes the earth? If he
realms with his children a thou
sand years or MT, how long
does hc stay on earth.
Nom" Sthur'ock
Qronogo 40. r, K, No. ,
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QUESTION. no, q.
QUESTION no. 80.

+ l. CR3ssG:T tell your reader
ohe difference betw1 IN the Re.
deemed and Ranscmpd lisa. IS.
Jane Aevs.
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Profess jona82ards 81 90 a mon
Loca! par line. lst insertion Oh.
/" subsequent insertions e.
Local advertisements will be
continued until ordered out.
sss Special contracts m1lc on
larger adds
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+. ,i.( Gamblers,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-08

The third floor is devoted to parfor
living room and library room goods.
and In 1t the crowds which visited
the stores Yesterday found everything
from the most luxuriant Davenporto
to the cheapest three piece parlor
suits q On this floor also there is a
furniture and antiques. The northeast
corner OF the spacious room Is cut of
Tor the display of mission" suits. the
heavy block furniture used in living
and lounging rooms for its great com.
fort, kind of furniture said to have
been invented by the ease-lovina
Monks of bygone days.
All Manner OF Bedrooms
The fourth floor is devoted exclu-
sively to bedroom furniture. the rich
mahogany and colonial suits predomi-
cheaper character were also in evil
dence. Perhaps the most beautiful seen
here are the French gray enamelled
suits, which are now coming SO much
enamelled room suits were also great
ly admired. Brass and metal beds ara
there in profusion. and especially no.
ticeable was line of costumers. ex-
tending the whole length of tho
Seventh Street side of this fourth
floor. The men folks are not over
tors admired the display Of gents
ccheffirobes. piece of furniture which
Is several pieces In one. and Is an old
bachelors delight. as we'll as exceed
who has a den" of his own in his
house.
The fifth or top floor is at present
but half of 1t is soon to be made a
display floor also.
Scene of Beauty.
While the company has been doing
business In this new and model build
ing for several days, the formal open
O'clock to $50 in the afternoon hun.
dreds upon hundreds OF ladies and not
few men visited the establishment.
and while Thilow's grand orchestra
shown all of the floors and the beau
tiful contents. Again at night from
$40 TO II o'clock throngs visited the
ing. Again to the strains OF sweet
music the people walked the brilliant
~ lighted floors and expressed In
terms of highest praise their admira.
to be one OF the handsomest mer-
camille establishments they had ever
visited, perhaps the best arranged and
best equipped retail furniture store to
be found anywhere in the South out
side of Virginia.
Old and Popular Firm.
The old firm of Sydnor & Hundley
Is known all over Virginia having
Eroad Street in this city for the past
twenty-three years. The business has
been growing in all of that time until
II has sprung from q very small be-
ginning at 700 Broad Street. to the
immense establishment at Seventh and
Broad. which has been rather feebly
described above. 1t Is now conducted
as an incoroorated company. with the
following officers: G. r. Sydnor. pres
ident and treasurer; It. NJ Hundley.
vice president and buyer: w. NJ. GIL
more, secretary.
dozen or ffteen competent sales
men are employed. and In the factory
and repair shops on North Seventh
Street a dozen first-class workmen.
cabinet makers. are employed In
matching furniture. rebuilding and re-
pairing.