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A. S. Rkkd, Vice President
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First National Bank,
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA.
Capital, $50,000. - Surplus and Profits, $20,000
Dirkctors: W. A. Hampton. A. S. Reed K. C. Hampton. R. M Hampton.
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PHONB 385.
Dray and Transfer Line.
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The only spring dray
Phone 139.
Coffee Sc Dowd
PROPRIETORS
Finest "Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Agent for FRED KRUG BREWING CO ,
SELECT CABINET,
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HOLSTEFS PHARMACY....
Is One of the Most
Stores in Nebraska
Prescriptions Carefully .
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Watches and
Fine Watch Repairing
a Specialty. -.
P. E. HOLSTEN,
Proprietor.
T)iamonds, Watches,
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Souvenirs . .
Repairing in all its
Branches.
A7. O. Bennes,
Jeweler and Optician,
I. M. HOLLIBAUGH,
Proprietor.
RANCH SUPPLY STORE
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EVERYTHING
MARSLAND,
R. M. Hamiton, Cashier
G. Hampton, Ass't Cashier.
At Both Ends
QUALITY and PRICE
You will find us not
"Just about Right" but
Exactly Right . . .
We have kind
of lumber vou
want
HEN YOU GO TO LEAVE TOWN, don't worr
about what to do with your Household Goods.
S. A. Miller will take charge of them; store then
in a nice, dry and cool place and pack and shit
wherever desired. Charges reasonable.
line in the city.
S. A. Mi lie.
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Saloon
The Old Way
Was good 1ml the uew way
is better. We deliver large
or small orders of high
grade coal
TRY OUR COAL
Prkrpct I iimhprCn
Up-to-Date Drug
A SELECT
STOCK OF
Daimonds.
Alliance, Nebraska.
Gold Jewelry,
flail orders promptly
attended to.-
P. L. WILSON,
Manager.
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NEBRASKA.
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Scenes Surrounding the Sea of Nazareth, IBcthsaida,
Capharnaum and Chorazian.
Damascus, Syria, March, 1903.
Greek writers have called the Ahnna
"the rivers of gold." Conybcarc and
Howson's Life and Epistles of St. Paul
refers to this city with the following
language: "This stream is the in
estimable, unexhaustablc treasure of
Damascus. The habitations of men
must have always been gathered round
it, as the Nile has inevitably attracted
an immcrmorial population to its banks.
The desert is a fortification around
Damascus. The river is its life. It is
drawn out info water courses, and
spread in all directions. For miles
around it is a w ilderness of gardens
gardens of roses amid the tangled
shrubberies, and with fruit in the
branches overhead. Everywhere
among the trees the murmur ol unseen
rivulets is heard. Even in the city
which is in tho midst of the gardens,
the clear rushing of the current is a
perpetual refreshment. Every (large)
dwelling has its fountain, and at night
when the sun has set behind Mount
Lebanon, the lights of the city are
seen flashing on the waters." As one
walks the streets of Damascus he is
impressed that any complimentary de
scription of the city is overdrawn and
entirely uncalled for. It is only at a
distance or some towering minaret that
Damascus presents even a semblance
of beauty. It is no wonder that the
scribe who desires to paint a pleasant
word picture of Damascus, takes Da
mascus as a subject and then swings
out from it in his quest for subject
matter. It is almost like the divine
who is guilty of taking his text and
then sailing away so far that at no
time he is within signalling distance of
it nor can he see the tops of its masts
above the rolling sea which separates
him from it. In the following extract
from Damascus note the view point of
tho writer. He knew better than to
choose as a point of observation any
position within this dirty, filthy,
cholera ridden city. After two com
plete sentences, he packs his trunk,
and biles away to a spot without the
city. "Damascus remains the true
type of an oriental city. Caravans
come and go from Bagdad and Mecca,
as of old; met chants sit and smoke
over their costly bales in dim bazaars;
drowsj groops sip their coffee in kiosks
overhanging the river; and all the pic
turesque costumes of the last meet and
mingle in the streets. The first view
of the town (roni one of the neighbor
ing ridges is like a view of the earthly
paradise. Marble minarets, domes,
massive towers and terraces of level
roofs rise out of a sea of foliage, the
white buildings, shining with ivory
softness through thclnoad dark clumps,
of vcrdvre, which miles in depth and
leagues in circuit, girdle the city, mak
ing it as the people love to say, a pearl
set in diamonds. It is a wilderness of
bloom and fragrance and fruitage,
where olive and pouregranite, orange
and apricot, plum and walnut, mingle
their varied tints of green, sweet with
roses and jasmine blossom, and alive
with babling rivulets. And close up to
the edge of the gardens comes tho yel
low desert, and around it are the bare
mountains, with the snowy crest of
Herman standing like a sentinel with
shining hemlet, on the west, ' the tow
er of Lebanon which looketh toward
Damascus.' " Paul, an unbeliever at
Jerusalem "desired letters to Damascus
to the Synagogues' (Acts 9:1-2) which
letters he secured. He hoped to put
an end to Christianity and expected
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to bring bound to Jerusalem any
whom he should find "whether they be
men or women." But what happened?
"As he journeyed, he came near
Damascus and suddenly" something
happened, "and he fell to the earth."
In a few seconds came that historic
and lacomic reply, "Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do?" (Act 9:3-6.) It is
not long until it is known of him that
"he preached Christ in tub synagogues
that he is the son of God, and con
founded the Jews which dwelt at Da
mascus proving that this 3 very
Christ." (Acts 9:20-22.)
Next only to Jerusalem among strong
holds that might well be termed foot
ball cities stands Damascus. The
soldiers of almost every nation have
encamped here to test their fighting
strength. The Persians, Arabiam,
Greeks, Egyptiaus and Turks have
each in turn unfurled their flags above
the Damascus battlements and all have
lowered their flags and hastened away
in complete rout except the Turks who
remain in possession of the city. Once
Alexander the Great, while besieging
Aqre himself, scut his general Par
memo to capture Damascus. But of
the butchering incident to Damascus
history occurcd in 1S60. An article in
the tieaty of Paris, signed in tSsG,
provided that foicign nations should
not interfere in the affairs of Turkey,
which practically placed tho Chtistians
at the moicy of tho Sultan and his
treacherous undcrlyings.
, Being encouraged by n false report
from the mutiny in India Ahmed
Pasha gave an order to massacre the
Europeans in the city and country.
Tho terrible slaughter began but it had
not been long in progress until a chief
tain appeared upon the scene; it was
Abd-d-Kadcr and may his memory
never fade from its deserved rank in
history. Colonel Churchill, who was
conversant with tho situation, wrote
the following in memory of that chief
tain who proved to be superior to his
race.
"No sooner had Abd-el-Kadcr gained
intelligence of tho frightful disaster
than ho sent out his faithful Algerincs
into tho Christian quarter with orders
to rescue all the wretched sufferers
they could meet. Hundreds wero
safely escorted to his houso before
dark. Many rushed to the British con
sulate. As night advanced, fresh
hordes of marauders Kurds, Arabs,
Druzcs, entered the city, and swelled
the furious mob of fanatics, who now,
glutted with spoil began to cry out for
blood. The dreadful work then begun.
All through that awful night and the
whole of the following day the pitiless
massacre went on. Hundreds disap
peared, hurried away to distant parts
of the surrounding country, where they
were instantly married to Mohammed
ans. The churches and convents,
which in the first paroxysm of terror
had been filled to suffocation, presented
piles of corpses, mixed up promiscous
ly with the wounded, and those only
half dead, whose last agonies were en
dured amidst flaming beams and cal
cined blocks of stone falling upon them
with earthquake shock. The thorough
fares were chocked with the slain. To
say that the Turks took no means
whatever to staj' this huge deluge of
massacre and fire would be superfluous.
They connived at it; they instigated it;
they ordered it; they shared in it.
Abd-cl-Kader alone stood between
the living and the dead. Fast as his
Algerincs broi'ght in those whom he
had rescued, he consoled them, fed
them. Forming them into detached
parties, he forwarded them under suc
cessive guards to the castle. There as
the terrible day closed in, nearly 12,000
of all ages and sexes, were collected
and huddled together, fruits of his un
tiring exertions. There they remained
for weeks, lying on the bare ground
without covering, hardly with clothing,
exposed to the sun's scotching rays.
He himself was now menaced. His
house was now filled with hundreds of
fugitives, European consuls and native
Christians. The Mohammedans, fur
ious at being thus baulked of their
prey, advanced towards it, declaring
they would have them. Informed of
the movement, the hero cooly ordered
his horse to be saddled, put on his
cuirass and hemlet, and mounting,
drew his sword. His faithful followers
formed around, brave remnant of his
old guard, comrades in many a well
fought field, illustrious victors of the
Moulaia, where 2500 men under his in
spiring command, attacked the army
of the Emperor of Morocco, 60,000
strong, and entirely defeated in. The
fanatics came in sight. Singly he
charged into the midst, and drew up.
Wretches!" he exclaimed, is this the
way you honor the Prophet? You
think you may do as please with the
Christians, but the day of retribution
will come. The Franks will yet turn
your mosque3 into churches. Not a
Chaistiau will I give up. They are my
brothers. Stand back or I will give
my men orders to fire." The crowd
dispersed.
Soon the French and English fleets
appeared at Beirut, and retribution
followed swiftly upon the tracks of
those who had caused the massacre.
A fine of one million dollars was
levied upon the city. Ahmed Pasha
was executed, along with 120 of the
city officials connected with the out
rago of the century; no less than 400
others were condemned to imprison
ment or exile.
Abd-cl-Kader is due the credit fc
staying the massacre. What wonder
ful words those "Not a Christian
will I give up; they are my brothers"
to come from the lips of a follower of
Islam! E. C. Horn.
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"In The Good Old Summer Time
People bought their Staple and Fancy Groceries
at Graham's grocery store. Now winter is here
and they buy them just the same and so they will
the whole year through because he carries the
best selected stock in the west. Prompt attentio"
and courteous treatment is what customers like
and what thdv always get at ....
GRAHAM'S GROCERY STORE
'Phone 50 Corbin Building
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Goods delivered on short notice
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M. Knioiit, President .....
W. H. qoiiuiN, V. Preildont .
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FIRE INSURANCE AG-ENT
REPRESENTS THE FOLLOWING
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Hartford Kiro Insurance Company.
North American of 1'hlUdelphla.
I'liocnlx of lilooklyu, Now York.
Continental of New York City.
Niagara Flro Insurance Company.
Now York Underwriters, New York.
Commercial Union Assurance Co., London
Offlco Up-Stnlrs,
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Dealers in Hides, Tallow, Furs,
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German American Ins. Co., New York.
Farmers and Merchants lus. Co., Lincoln.
Columbia Flro Inturnnco Company.
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