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that could be dcaired. The Damns- appointment from the Bosphorus,
cones and b'yrians do not soom to ,tad le culled Witty Sooria. From
tinuk it wnrtl, while to cultivate Damascus tho Waly govern# Beath-
any but odor floweret such as the ern Syria, which includes the tcrri•
rose, pink, stook and varieties of the torics between tto entrance of
lily. filature itself, however, un- Hamatb and Beersheba, The eeun-
aiLed, in the eoason intervening bo try is divided into a number of die.
tween winter and summer, roars
immense number8 of flowers, repro.
twitting every lu,owu shade of color.
The ouhivatiun of flowers is not
properly a busmen, for no man on
earl] his bread by rearing them, 000
iug there ie hardly any market or
price for tide kind of produce. The
gee -donor here, dariug the mouth of
March, runa the annual risk of a
hail atom. At this season the chief
fruit trees are In full bloo,n and, in
addition to the magn,fioeut spectacle
they diepl,y, the eurroundiug Air ie
pregnaut with it sweet fregrauee,
suftioieut to revive the faint and
gladden the aaet clown, though it bo
but for a brief season.
THE I RUSSELS POST
THE MOTHER•IN-LAW IN REAL
LII?IE,
Who was it, when I wed my wife,
Wished me a long and happy life
From tronblo free, unvoxed by Orate
biy mother.in-law.
Who was it taught my wife to bake
A loaf of bread or fancy cake
And appetising (lithos make
My mother-in-law,
Who gave us counsel when we wont
Housekeeping, money freely spent
On things for nee and ornament ?
My mother-in.law.
Who taught my wife to take delight
In making all around her bright,
And moot mo with a smile at night ?
My motber.in4um.
Who was it when my wifo Wee In
Bestowed upon her care end skill
And saved to mo a nurse's bill ?
My mother-in-law.
Wha then my little ones prepared
Each morn for school, who for them
And all their little sorrows shared?leered
My mother-in-law,
Who was it•,,whon their prayers werosaid,
So snugly tucked them int" bed
And, till they slept, beside them staid ?
My mother-in-law.
Who of my clothing then took caro
Who overlooked my underwear
And kept eaob garment in repair ?
My mother-tn.law.
Who comes the first to south my woes?
Who loves my friends and hates my foes?
Who buys my children lots of clothes ?
1iy mother.imlaw.
Who oft to me her aid has lent
To buy the coal and pay the rent ?
Who'd gladly see me President ?
My mother•in-yaw,
A loving grandmother is she,
A generous friend she's been to me,
For ever honored let her be,
My mother-in-law.
A Journey Across
Lebanon.
BY BEY. 0. B. BOWIE, r,. A., PASTOR 01,
I{NO%. CBtk00Ii, BRUSSELS,
CHAPTER V.
FROM SUE ?ADDY BAnADA (ABILE1E)
TO DAMASCUS.
Unlike the preceeding days, Deeb
is very unlike a muleteer. Tho sun
is already for above the horizon and
he does not seem to 130 oven think•
ing of proceeding Damascusward,
and on my expressing astonishment
at iia dilatoriness, he tried to per
suede me to spend another night at
Abilene, but, atter much talk, he
packed up and we resumed our
journey, crossing once morn the
Abanab, we tonic the road, but, ad I
hove already stated, wo wore not on
the Damascus highway. Tho path
is not unlike most of the country
roads --rough and narrow in the
main. From Abilene to Damasoue
the river fertilizes all the district
within its reach. The poplar and
walnut trees are prominent, but as
you approach Damascus the apricot
and plum trees are chief, not, how.
ever, to the exclusion of the apple,
quince, &o.
When we were about ton miles
from the city we halted at a coffee
house. My bread had become hard
aid broken into pieces. I held a
quantity of it in my bands while
the man poured water upon it, and
in a few minutes it was pretty soft.
We word supplied with a few hard-
boiled eggs and a jug of cold water
and, after our meal, a cup of coffee.
Just at this minute a party of
soldiers passed, on their way from
Damascus to Baalbeo (Idierapolis).
The sight of the troops did not par-
ticularly gladden the coffee house
keeper's heart, of his neighbors',
for, in their opinion, (which is based
on experience) the soldier ,a not
extra scrupulous as to whether he
gives an equivalent for everything
he carries away or eats ; neither
dose it appear, although aomplaiute
were made him, it would be xnvari•
ably efficacious. This, perhaps,
may explain the fact of viueyarde
and gardens within easy reach of
public roads being lees valuable as
property.
For several haunt wo journeyed
between think poplar woods and
within hearing of the numerous
little streams branching off from
the resin river. Ultimately we
reached the macadamtzod road,
whore it was an ordinary eight to
meet with open and oioee carriages
and other vehicles driving into or
out of Damascus. Well-to-do much.
ants have summer residences a fow
wiles from the city gates, and to
these they go in the evening and
return to buainese next morning.
Now frequently, and some thirty
years ago almost exclusively, saddled
asses°served as means of conveying
women and children.
The environs of Detuateus have,
in books of travois, been frequently
described with more or leas power
and effect, to that it is tiiflicnit for
an ordinary writer to give an origin-
al description ; enough to arty that
the chief hinds of 'known fruit on
the face of the carni are represented
in the gardens of Damascus, The
cultivation al flowers is hardly all
A shower of lulil at this point
robs the husbautiman of half, per-
haps more, of his living, and slime
the laborer is not invariably the
proprietor, but only rents the gar"
done for the t°at;ou, he may, in 000
Stquenco of the plague, eustahn a
great pecuniary loss. In the event
of no plague 000arring the fruits are
80 abundant that, withoutexaggera•
tion, it eau be said that tlto owner
ie often at a loss to kuow how to
dispose of them. The best kind of
apricot is dried and then preserved,
much in the same ,ray at figs. In
ferior qualities are mixed 1n a pros,
beaten into a mass of dough, as it
wore, and, alter some other process
es, are spread into thin but broad
eheote, then baked in the sun and
stored for future use. The natives
also make a kind of jolly, or jam,
but I am not aware of any extensive
way of preserving the plums, thence
I presume the last mentioned fruit
must be consumed before it begin,
to fall from the tree; else it will bo
little more than wasted, There is
no difficulty in utilizing the grape,
for it may be dried int° raieine or
pressed into delta (a kind of jelly),
or perhaps used for w,ues In the
whole of Syria, however, there is
but one Damascus, and hence while
the Damascenes are supplied with
extreme abunuauce of the best and
must delicious fruit yot there art:
Waco ,n the country where people
duly hear of, but never Seo, such
treats. In the abeeuco of railways
or other convenient modes of con-
veyance Hebron, Jerusalem or
Ramoth Gilead may be practically
quite as much remote from Damas-
cus as they are from Edinburgh.
The orange fruit sometimes goes
to waste in Sidon and Tripoli, while
villages at dieta,•oes of two or three
scarce of miles seldom taste am
orange. Fish may be abundant and
even wasted in a to,.n near the beg,
while tbe population in the interior
seldom see one. All !hie proves
that the benefits of the fertile
environs of Damascus are not reaped
tad enjoyed to the extent they
might be. The carriage road, which
has already boeu referred to, is cer-
tainly a step in advance and has
facilitated communication between
Damascus and the sea, but it pro-
duced great temporary distress upon
the many muleteers, who were wont
to earn their bread by conveying
both men and goods on their mules,
and are now superseded by the Dart
or diligence.
The chief placer of kip (amuse-
ment) are the coffee houses, spatter.
ed at various distances throughout
the city. The use of intoxicating
liquors, though more extensive than
it once was, is yet by no means
alarming, still it is found that there
is a close connection between the
glass and every quarrel or mishap
wbioh may occur. Itis sincerely to
be hoped, however, that Syria may
never fall a victim to the beastly
and infernal tyranny of drunken.
nese. Although the country has
survived inauy conquerors I fear the
cup and the bottle will assuredly
crush it if over they lay sufficient
hold on its population. If Ctreat
Britain itself neurally trembles at
the feet of intemperance what eau
poorSyria sayor do,butbo swat -
lowed
w
lowed up by this insatiable destruo
tion,
CHAPTER 'VI.
DAA/ASOUe.
There is no impropriety porhaps
in characterizing this city as the
capital of Western Asia. It is the
most ancient monument, which lute
defied the vicissitudes of egos, as it
descended down to us from pro•
historic antiquity. Babylon and
numeral were indeed once anoint
and great, but whore are they now e
Unlike them, Damasous has actually
survived the innumerable haste of
ambitious, invading and conquering
natioua, It belongs to the anti-
querian and hietoeiau to ennuterate,
if ho eau, half the battles and con- but no ono laid baud an him, was engaged in 'hoisting the body
queatswhialt have taken piece here. 'There have been warrants out for of a "beet" wbioh was killed, some
'rho last nl8stor who achieved and ltim for six months yet no constable ten days ago, when the pulley rope
stili rules Damascus is the Sultan p broke, and the pulley foil en bis
bend, melting his tunil I Ie lived
ttutii a day or two ago.
treats, over each of which a sal)
governor as appointed. Many of ; premieee to attend to work else
them aro oiled Pashas, while others where. She imagined the fire was
The railway from Simone to Port
Bowan is completed.
At Deloraino, Man., reeently;
Mrs. It. Rollins, f.etnerly of Bid•
dulph township, died of heart die•
ease while fighting a prairie fire,
Mr. Rollins had made everything
safe, as he thought, and left the
Cdiiyam Itlagam and othere Madeor.
With the exception of the Pasha of
Jerusalem, all of the sub -governors
depend npon the Waly for office and
instructions, Mount Lebanon also,
though in the bosom of political
Syria, since 1800 bite been directly
connected with Babel -ally (high door
or sublime porto.) Notwithstanding
those exoeptions Damascus ie the
chief scat of influence, from a
political point of view, in Syria.
(To bo Concluded next week.)
dJSLrs7.liifIt Nove'e,.
'Toronto has 255 miles of streets.
Manitoulin Island wants a rail
road 80 miles long.
Hy. Tippy of Kingsville, hue
made a shipm9nt of chickens to C.tl
getting the bettor of them, arid, l0
the excitement, dropped dead, an
her body wee found by Mr. Belline,
upon his early return, lying on the
ground near the fire break, entirely
uninjured by fire. The old Italy
was highly tospeoted, and her end•
den death is regretted by all. They
went to Manitoba about Dight yearn
ago.
Mrs. Charlotte J. Nicholie, of
Petorboro, who is generally believed
to bo the rtclieet woman in the Do
minion, has given another proof of
her generosity. On Monday even
iug at rho aunivereary services of
St. Audrow'e Presbyterial] °buroh,
oho placed on the collection plate
au envelope containing a °begue for
$12,000, being the amonnt of the
church's indehtednese, contracted
1r,trn,°.
through rebuilding, and S:, Paul's
A steam yacht 25 feet long will Proeb terian church has a'so been
ply on the Grand river at Galt next y
enriched by ,$8000 from the same
summer. quarter. Snell liberality is espec
Hon. Oliver Mowat's nephew has
bean elected to a county auditor -
ship in Dakota.
Hiram Walker & Sons have about
8,000 head of outdo in their barns
el tValkerville.
The Oxford Fat Stook Club will
hold their annual Christmas show
on Wednesday, 12th December.
A number of farmers in plymp-
ton made a raid on sparrows one
clay last week, and t hot 540 birds.
The city of 81. Catharines is like.
ly to have an undertaker for Mayor
iu 1889, and hie name is McIntyre
130 rit105.
Major Walker, of Oalgary, N.W.T.
(brother of John Welker, `9th line,
Zorra), has 1500 sheep on his
0111011.
A Petorboro young am it mourn
iug the loos of his bade of thee(
menthe, who sold tbe furniture ani
departed.
<,;a
A wolf in sheep's otters p:oid the
Elora Express man a $2 bill f,r
beck subscription : the bill wee u
eouuturfelt.
Bears are very numerous and
bold in Hustings county. One vis.
ited the Marmoracheese factory and
licked the grease out of the Whey
va ..
John Hogg, who for upwards of
twenty years was Guelph's leading
dry goods merchant, died there
Tuesday of last week, aged 88
years.
An idea of the enormous ship-
ments of apples from Ontario this
fall can be drawn trona the fact that
17 cars were shipped in one day
from Belleville to the Maritime
Provinces.
Mrs. Coombs, wife of the Saly-
ation Army General, is pulling on
with great vigor the rescue work
among drunken and desolate women
in Toronto. The people of that
airy are supporting two homes for
that purpose.
Oue of the finest bulls iu the Bow
Park herd was shipped to Mr. Alex -
wider, of Kentucky. Price, $2,-
500, The Company are sending a
2000 lb. steer to Chicago, whore
they have entered it in the kat
Stock show.
Rev. J. M. Hodson, B. A , the
well known Methodist pastor of
Windsor, has the champion roaord
for joining hearts and hands. Dar-
iug 1887 bo helped 78 couple to
happiness and he promisee to boat
this record all hollow this year.
The young child of C. D. Oran -
berg of Oostiaooke, Que., a fete days
ago swallowed a fish-hook, whish
was aonoealed in the centre of a
Gaudy pop corn which ho was oat.
ing. Fortunately (here WAS no
fatal result.. Mr. Oronberg bought
throe of these balls, and a liook was
found in each.
Arthur llyloKairus, of Belleville,
possoseoa some coins of inteyost r a
ially notable as it comes after her
donation of the Nicholls hospital to
the town.
During last week eomo miscreant
placed a lot of Paris green on the
pasture fields of John Blair, West
Zorra, through whicb ho lost five
valuable cows and a horse. Some
of the family went to the field to
search for the cause of the trouble,
and found some Paris green mixed
in Balt, lying iu a portion of "The
Globe" dated 1885, there was a por•
tion of an old lap rug near the pap-
er. If it .had not been discovered
in time there is no telling what
damage wonld have been wrought,
as there were a large number of
cattle io the field. Mr. Blair offers
$100 for the conviction of the per
patentor of such fiendish work, and
it is hoped he will be euccessful, as
a few years xn the penitentiary
would do them good.
Thirty years ago Mike Diuwoodie,
a twenty year-old stripling, who
was employed by a Markham town-
ship farmer, was paid off and came
to Toronto with $,100 in his pocket.
When 130 came to town he was lost
sight of, and as he had bleu driuit-
ing and displayed a goodly wad, it
was conjectured that he had met
with foul play. Hes relatives gave
up hope of fleeing him and nothing
was heard of him until Saturday
last, when Mr. Dinwoodie bobbed
up serenely with $60,000 in hard
cash accompanying hie,. He bad
been iu Mexico and California,
attending the greater part of his
time in the mines. On Saturday
he bunted up friends of the family
and found that everybody bolcuging
to him was dead except his sister,
who is now living in Detroit, alike
Dinwoodie want to Detroit ou \Vod•
nesday night.
eeeceraertl•1 7.01. v.�r •
Flint Democrats lost about $10,-
000 ou the result of the election.
The Sultan of Turkey LUIS become
intensely interested in mind -read.
iug.
The electric light which the
Duchess of Marlborough bas put in
Blenheim palace hos been (templet -
ed.
The German military budget co n•
titins an ,tom of $9,000 for e be
breeding and training of carrier
pigeons.
It is said now that England gave
to the Germaus a copy of her new
rifle iu return for the recipe for
ntelinkte.
The Prieto of Wales, who has
beou visiting the courts of Europe
still wears the solitaire stud in lits
shirt front.
Barry Sullivan, who is lying very
ell in West Brighton, has entirely
lost his reason'. Ho recognizes not
oven his wife.
brass drown and a copper shilling 'Clio Lindon Li:weevil is at lest to
of James II. issued after his dopes i be iutrodhaed ill Paris. Lord
H
greatest b owner
ition from the British limo, and a � Slirutvsbory, the gra s en v r
half penny of Wood's Irish coinage
of 1728, which was forced out of
circulation in Ireland because of
insufficiency of value.
Geo. Pryor, of Sparta, who re-
turned the other day from Wynl.
ham, McPherson county, Kansas,
drove all the way with a team of
horses, Tbo distance, in round
figures, ie 1500 miles, and it took
Mr. Pryer eight weeks to make the
journey, the outlay for feed for
horses and his meals being about
$70.
Fetor McMaster is a horye thief
who has beau marauding through
Prosoott county, Ho paasod
through L'Crignal • the other day
with a string of six stolen (tortes,
in London, is at the head of the
company.
The Michigan Central railway
has placed au interl0ckiug switch
on the Lake Edo, 1'+1ssex and
Detroit railway crossings, 'the first
the kind ll] Canada,
In order to avoid offending any
political party ll] Spain- the 4ltieen
Regent has got a young Irish worm.
an, Miss Goorgine Davenport, its
governess for the Icing,
The Australian Govei�ntnetit is
building a fence of wire nottiug 8,•
000 miles long, to divide New South
Wales and Queensland, in order to
keep the jack rabbits out of the
latter country.
Benjamin I'lariburt, of 111rssatikoe,
is willingto arrest bite, resuknab,
of Constantinople. Tho Pasha, who ly because he carries a gun and ro.
represents IIis Majesty, receives his ' volver.
Pot Bootore.
A. Well
Assorted
Stock of
OHRISTR.RS �QOPS
To End. and Moro
to Follow.
ALBUMS
A. Splendid Stook
Sold at Close
Prices. Seo
Theme
Bibles,
Hymn Books,
Prayer Books,
&otl &e.
—.ILL THE—
SCHOOL
610K
Poi Bookstore.
Returned to Brussels,
ROBERT ARMSTRONG
desires to state that he bite aguiu beoome
a resident of Erussels and hi prepared to
take Contracts for all kinds of Carpenter
(York, such as House Building, Earn
Framing, Mill Wright*, rue.
He will also meko a Specialty of Mov.
ing Euildlegs.
Estimates Cheerfully Git.eta,
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
in every instance.
BOB?'. ARli8TONG.
THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND
TAI 1 40 R SHOP
soiteweetetetetetiestiaeciecee-
First-Claes Suits, either Bound
or Unbound, made for
$4.00.
sa'A..h'it Guaranteed.
Produce taken in exchange for
Work.
elf, G. RICHARDS'ON,
3-4 Merchant Tailor.
•--
PLOWS AGAIN
"Well 1 neighbor, whore slid you get that
Sao working two furrow Gang plow v" Well
sir,I gait from WAY. MARTIN,. IlrasseLe•
You know he keeps the largest stook of
BLOWS worth the money is the trace.
Aro you in treed of a general purpose
plow 0011 and see
THOS. HENDRY'S, of Seaforth ;
TOLTON'S, of Guelph, No. 7 Plow ;
PATTERSON'S, of Woodstock.
PLOWS - OF - ALL - K@®S
Straw Critters, Grain Omelets and
Grain Grinders.
—TURNIP AND ROOT PULPERS-
2, 4, 11, 8 and 10 Horse Power.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
in all Sale of Implements.
Wm. Martin.
Brussels.
HOUSE : TcnxnEanr STREET.
HURON AND BRUCE
Loan & investment Co.
This Company is Loaning Money
on Farm Security at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
MORTGAGES PURCHASED.
SAVINGS BANK BRANCH.
3, 4, and 5 per cent, interest
allowed on Deposits, according to
amount and time let.
Cr3ICE: --Corner of Market
Square and North Street, Gode-
rich.
Li
Horace Horton,
(MANAGER,.
BRUSSELS
I desire to inform the Public
that I have Leased the well-
known Bmissims Lmm Woltrs
from Thos. Town and will tun
the business next Season.
I will also continuo to follow
my trade as
io 'roN110 ;1111.4iLSOlof,
and am prepared to furnish esti•
mates for Jobs, t&c.
IIU111.911(x ANli CORNE;II STORE
'always on hand.
Satisfaction Guaranteed,
A ti5eatnity nladtl +)r lrol ibrseyiva au+l
Piaslaring l;tinf.
W • F_ Mir -.a.,
1'.EOPEIETO1i.