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Show thiJEVV n emblem among BJum ... tn't-Iel0n lonf before fhIZ2 ?i ?"1hrown nd Its name ?Sti0.S0?t'nt,noP, Th story oi tn origin of the crescent svmbol la a I?ei:WhT, P? M.ynla"t th.yfVlt,um h nad Panned to Vi?, JELci!T on etn cloudy night. ntotJwh? "engementa were coral niwi "aoon ehon out and dtscor-PProh dtscor-PProh o the besieged ritjl Enr.'i.W.hv?ccorllnrllr Perched out and -PU.!J'2 hli rces-omethlng which "J. that, event all Braantin. '" e symbol of the crescent mooij. which was always alluded to aVth. savior of By..nUum."-Bo.too Trill TILE CBESCEKT. Th crescent symbol of the Mohammedans Mohamme-dans has nothing to do with their peculiar pecu-liar religious opinions and ceremonies. It was not originally a symbol of the. followers fol-lowers of Mohammed at all, but was first used by the Bysantlnes. Thousands of coins hav been found In all parte of Turkey Tur-key which date back to th tlm when Constantinople was known as Bysantium, and on each of these th symbol of tha creacent appears,, proving conclusively t |