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Show GREAT MOSQUE OF OAMA5CU5. lUhilllillnK or Hie Fmiinui Pnns Now In Ituplit I'rocreaa. A corrt'spondent of tho London Times gives soino Interesting facts In relation to tho recent burning of Hio great inosquu of Damascus, ouco tho nncient cathedral of St John tho Hap-tiRt. Hap-tiRt. Tho Turklsli government has exerted ex-erted every elTort since tho calamity to prevent nny rejKirt of It from belntf published. Ho bays: "Tho Christians 1 1 i... 11 vvero necuseii ny ioiiiu fc uiu uiim belting tho building oil tiro; but, as tho flro broke, out In tho high roof of tho building a llttlo bnforo noon, tho accusation vvns no manifestly absunl thut It had little Inlluenco 011 tho Moslem Mos-lem mind, llnd It occurred nt night, when tho fncts might not lmvo been so manifest, tho report would have met with readier acceptance., nnd It is Im-piuslldo Im-piuslldo to say what, lu Hint caso might hnvo been thu consequences, to tho Christians. Moreover, us thero was 11 high wind blowing toward tho Christian quarter, If It had been nt night when peoplo were nslcop, tho destruction must havo been much moro extensive Tho work of rebuilding scums to havo been taken In baud with vigor. A gentleman In tho city recently taking tak-ing n rido with his wlfo nnd son out-bido out-bido the Kotos, mut hundreds of men lirliring In tho largo poplar beams for tho work, which they vvcro draw-lutr draw-lutr In enrtu by ropes, with loud singing sing-ing nnd clapping of hands. Tho riders nt once, turned away by another road, giving them as wldo a berth as possible, possi-ble, for It Is hardly safe for a Christian Chris-tian to get among them lu their present pres-ent mood. Tho library, containing books nnd manuscripts of priceless value, vvns saved from tho llnincs; and tunning 01 vainu was iosi, cxcepuug the mo-t precious gem of nil nntncly 'Olhmiin'K Korrm.'vvlilch wan deposited In n place apart, and was not thought of until too Into This Is bald to have been (and probably really was) one of tho very four oxemplnrs deposited by thu Caliph Othmau, A. II. SO, in tho four groat mosques of Mcccn, Medina, Kuf.i and Damascus tho only turvlv-iiifr turvlv-iiifr copy. Thoso vvoro to bo I cpt there as tho solo uuthqrltntive copies after nil others hud been called In from every quarter of tho Moslem empire em-pire and committed to tho llamcs. It is a matter of congratulation that tho nncient in- 1 ptlon lu Creek on thu cathedral v. all over tho silversmiths' nml miud.il-iuikLTV btizar--has not llllll MIlOi.ll'IIHIUVl 1 Ullfc.ll lltltl iml boon iiijuiLil. It Is tho thirteenth vcr e of Psalm oxlv., tho uamo of Cl.ic I lioln. lidded thus: 'Thy kingdom, king-dom, O Chi Ut. Is nn everlasting kingdom, king-dom, in id thy dominion is from generation gener-ation to fjonoratlon,'" lout lour I lorn I Here are two Incidents with a moral: A lc y vvnn rent to town to sell romo potatiei. Ilo returned nt night, nnd thiuvv down tho bag uud mid, surlily: ''I.'obudy thut I mot nsketl me for po-tntnert. po-tntnert. llubtucss must bo awful dull! ' In tin- r-iimo town thero was 11 bo who w i.t ul ut, bawling nt, the, top of his voice: "I Mi, fUli-frstwh llshl" "Wluit iv dn-ndful noli v" hi Id 11 n nngry worn-nn. worn-nn. "Pn.voii licnr mo?" nsked ihoboy, p lit l.. "Hear you! You inn bo beard u iiitl.t awnyl" "Well," mid tho boy, placidly, "tluvl'n what I'm hollurlu' for. I'luh, Ilsli frajli tWil" If you waul jiooplo to npprecluto your worth, )oti must lot them know what you can do t |