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SCENES IN CAIRO The Funny Things One Sees in Smiling Round the World Br MARSHALL P. WILDER H'opymnit, uy Jusi-pn 11. Dowics.) A nrut tlrlvo In C'nlro Ih a Joy tlio objectfl of lntorcmt nro so unceasing nnd bo replete with hlstorlcnl moaning. Tim llrst thing to Btlr oiio'h inomory 1b tlio opera house, lmllt In nix weeks, bo thero might bo a fitting homo of song for tho coni)any of groat French nlng crB brought over by tho roynl spend thrift iBinnll to assist In tho gorgcoua colobrntlon attending tho opening of tho 81107. canal. Hero wnB given tho first porform nnco of Vordl'fl opera "Aliln," written oxprosflly for tlio occnslon. Tho per formance was furthar unlquo from the fact that Marlotto Hoy, tho gront KgyptoloRtst and dlscovoror of tho llosscttn stono, gave hlfl attention to tho produetlpn, bo that ovory dotall of Street Scene. sconory, coutiimo nnd plot was histor ically correct, wlillo tho Hgyptlnn museum wns ransacked for properties and Jewels,. It wno probably tho groat oat stago production uvor booh, or that over could bo given, nnd was only pon bIIiIo at a tlmo when iBinnll Bpont 121,000,000 on tho colubrntlon attend ing tho oponlng of tho canal that was, llrtit aud last, bis country'u ruin. In tho Monskl, 'as wnll aa other char, nctorlstlcally nntlvo streets on tho way to the baznarh, ovcry phaBo of llfo may bo booh. Open shops, ncarcoly bIx feet across, with Imperturbnblo proprl otoro smoking wntorplpos, a constant procession through tho strobta of donkoya, enrts loaded with vollod women, caniola trending stoalthlly, ono of which was noun daintily nibbing at tho lloworu on tho Parisian bonnet of tho lady In a victoria Juiit ahead. Flocka of gooso aud turkoya tnlRht bo booh drlvon nloiiR tho titrout by vendors, who Riildo them with n little switch, keoplng them under perfect control. Vory Inughnblo Ih tho rlvnlry be tween tho keepers of tho bazaars and btttor tho denunciation that fills tho oar of tho foreigner us ho Btops to mnko a purchase. Tho ntrnugo mod ley of tonguoB and tho ntrnnger pro nunciation of his own language makes tho buyer stare nnd tlion double up .1th laughter. If ho BoloctB an nrtlclo from tho stand of tho merchant on his right tho proprietor of tho stand on hla loft will Bhrlok In his oar: "No buy of lieouit lloom verrn bad man! llcom ttef! Ilcom fiuldor tleft lloom muddor tleft Ills granfndor tloft I loom gran muddor tlef! No buy of boom!" Wlillo tho Imierturnblo proprietor on tho right will respond In a low guttural, like a bass nolo following n soprano cnuonzn: "ucotn nig linrl iieont go Jail 1 lloom got netting! Mo got obbery. tlngl Look you! Shmukkln kip (amok Ing cup), packet snlf (pocket knlfo), 'oohlo-hooblo (hubblo-bubblo, or water pipe), prcora-beod (prayer boadB, or roBary)," Then, with a shout of trl umph: Shllppors all! Shllppors mooch! Hoitdii Bhltpporul Bllka shllp pors! Qohln shllpporHl Mo got all! lloom big liar! lloom go Jail!" and no on ad Infinitum. Uy which my rendor will percelvo that Bhopplng in Cairo s not all of heaven, nor yet of tho othor plnco nnd that tho nmenltloa uro much subordinate to that lovo which Is tho root of all evil. A wedding Is quite likely to follow next In tho wonderful street proccs slon. First a clown or mountebank dancing, grimacing, rolling In tho dirt going through all sorts of antics for tho amusement of tho people, Ho lis followed by mou playing on a collec tton of shrieking aud walling musical Instruments. Then comes tho bride, somotlmcH In n cloHoly-Bhuttored car rlugo, draped with tluBol-trlmmod vol vot, or, what Is much moro plctur osquo, a curtained litter slung botween two camels. After hor comes tho fur nlturo for hor now homo, for a brldo Is expected to provide everything, oven to tho bridegrooms trousseau. Till plenishing Is nil pllod on camels, who go swaying along, sncorlug suporclll ously ua If deploring tho foolluhnooji of thoso human customs. A camel's ex x prosulon of conscious superiority must bo rather trying, If ono sees ' much of It. It Heoms almost a wasto of tlmo to have so much coromony attend so eas ily dlBsolvcd n relation as marrlnRo Ib In Cairo. A man, with or without any Just cauan, hns olily to say before wlty nesses, "Woman, I dlvorco thoel" and repeat It throo times, and ho Is ns fret, as boforo ho married hor. Ho has to return to her bur hotiso iilenlshlnR nnd Alio roturns her dowry to him. This dowry consists of one-third of a man's possessions, which ho sottles on her whan ho marries her. According to tho Mohammedan faith n man may hnvo four wives, that Is, nil to onct, an they sny In tho west. II" may dlvorco and ro-mnrry, still keeping to his allowance of four, as many Union as ho likes. All thoso nights, nnd many moro may bo Been during a drlvo to soo tho (lnuclng, or, moro properly, whirling dorvIsheB, who dnnco ovory Friday afternoon. Friday Is tho Moharnmo. dan Sundny, and In tho afternoon thoy conduct this performance, which Ih a religious ceremony, but palpably workod up for tho bonoflt of tho hun dreds of tourists who flock to hco It. Tho performance takcB placo on an Inclosed circular floor, with rugs about tho edge, upon which at tho begin ning tho dorvlshos, to tho number of about 10, clt, wrapped In big black cloaks and wearing tnll felt hnts. Tho sheik, In a groon turban, sits on a rug of extra elegance, with tho koran on a cushion In front of him. A nolo on a walling flutn opened tho performance, piercing sriucnls and breathlewi trills putting our nerves nnd teeth on edgo, until an utuieen mnn In tho balcony cuts It short by beginning to Intone In n high-pitched volco a long Incantation about a young person by tho nanio of Mall; nt least hor name wan all wo heard. After that the dorvlBhcs nroBc, cast their cloaks on tho ground and stood revoalod In whlto rohos, with exceedingly full skirts, from under which their bare foot pooped out. Thou they bognn a solemn proces sion about the space, bowing to their nolghbors either way aa they reached tho rug of tho sheik. This was done tliroo times, tho men walking aud bowing, not without grace and dignity. Suddenly, as tho third round wns com plotod, tlio first man flung out his arms and began to spin round and round, his skirts Btnndlng away stithy from his limbs. Ono could not but oxpoct to son him suddonly duck, his skirts billowing up arouud him, as 'lit tle girls do whciuthey play tho gnmo of "mnklng cheeses." Momentarily ho wno Joined by others, until tho ring becamo filled with whirling figures, each holding its aniiH nnd bond la Bonio dhitlnctlva position, uoino going about Bodately In ono spot, wlillo others ptourcttod airily In and out among tho other dnucors. Ono man bad his arms held out la a singularly appealing manner, wlillo his head was cuddled down on bin shoul der, giving him a ridiculously coy ox- proBBlon, This Ib tho last net, for nftor about ID minutes of thlu whirling tho dor vlBhcs coaso, rcsu'mo their cloaks and tho performance Is ovor. From thoro wo woro drlvon to boo tho howling dervishes, a dlfforont do- 8mol?lng Waterplpeo. nomination who conduct their rollglous worship on dlfforont lines. Tho commercial instinct of this sect bcoiuh moro highly dovolopod than that of tho othor, for horo tho sum of two plastooB each was charged for ad mittance. As wo entered tho door a groat volume of sound greeted us and rose aud fell like tho sound of mou's volcon chanting. Hero was another Inclosed circular Bpaco, another veuorablo Bhulk In green turban aud about 20 dervishes sontoil around tho rail, all chanting "Allah II Allah!" their hodios swaying from sldo to bUIo as thoy shouted tho assertion that "Clod Is Cod" ovor and over ugaln. Thoy next Htood up nnd, Bwnylng hack and forth convulsively, omitted gusty Blghs that grudually grew Into horrible noises as loader after loader Bprang In front of them, sotting tho pace rnster 'and fnHtor, a now loader taking tho placo of tho exhausted one as ho turned and bowed to tho Hholk, signifying that ho could do no moro. All this tlmo a blind sheik chnntod tin o.enalngly In a high piccolo volco. Tho bodies swayed and Jorkod moro and more quickly, tho noises grow to frenzied howls, and anlmnl-llko sounds that romlndod one forcibly of tho zoo nt feeding time. A tnll, gaunt dosort prlpat stopped In front of tho mon, bowing and Bwnylng, his long hair al ternately covering his face nnd- touaod hack over his shoulders. Under his leadership tho dervishes uccmno irantic, tnoir oyes woro glazed, foam flow from their Hps ,nnd some fell prono from exhaustion. Wo stayed to Beo no more, but hurried out, followed by tlio volume of Inhuman cries and howl. FARMERS WHO MADE Consensus of Opinion la That itable Livestock Raisins unci Dulrylngr. DttM.zo' 7 Jjyff lliH Two Good Silos. Fig. 1: A 200-Ton Stave Silo with Continuous Doors. Fig. 2. A 125-Ton Stavo Silo Without Continuous Doors. Tho bIIo Is winning Its way on to tho farms of tho country bocati3o It Is proving to bo nn Indlspensablo equip ment for winter feeding of stock, es pecially cows In milk. Tho most coucluslvo proof that tho silo Is all It claims to bo Is that In ovory community whoro It goes It rap Idly wins Its wny to unlvoraal favor. On this point ono fnrmor wrltos: "FIvo years ago I was ono of a half dozen farmers In this neighborhood who built silos. Now thoro are as many put up ench year, which I consldor good ovldonco that tho silo Ib practical anil has como to Btay." To llluntrato Its practlcnl points, this nnthnslnst goes on to tell of his methods: On our farm wo hnvo n silo 12 by SO foot, and foundation extend ing Into tho ground two feet, making it 22 foot deep. For tho best results, I think 12 by 24 foot Is tho best size, thon If I wanted moro feed than a alio of this sizo would hold, I would build another. "Wo Jill our silo when tho corn In well dented or Just boforo It Is rlpo onough to mnko fodder. Wo havo four mon In tho field, two to cut tho corn and pllo 'It In bunches and tho othor two to load tho corn and fodder to tho wagons. It usually takes threo wag ons, owing of course to tho distance from tho alio. Wo havo our own cut ting box nnd horso powor and cut tho sllago very short, about one-half Inch. It packs -better whoa short nnd this mnkcB It keop hotter. In filling tho silo It takes ono mnn In tho silo to keop lttlovel nnd mixed, ns tho blow ers soparato tho corn from tho fodder." Still another fnrmor In writing to tho Northwestern Agriculturist do clnros unhesltntlnglythnt ho has found Bllago to bo tho best and cheapest sue culont feed ho enn produco. "For tho dairy herd It Is dlfllcult to find Its equal. A fow yenrs ago I found It necessnry to transfer my cows to a barn away from tho bIIo whllo making some changes In tho fixtures of tho bnBoment of tho bnrn whoro tho cows aro regulnrly kopt. During this tlmo tho cows recolved no sllago, but woro fed on Bomo oxtra Una clovor hay, etc. On this chnngo of feed tho decrease In milk wns one-third, but ns soon as I changed thorn back to tho onsllago thoy Boon regained In tho milk. "As a feed for oroodlng owes nnd for fattening lambs thero Is nothing bettor. For M years I havo made a A Practical Plan for a Piggery m 1 bR Tho abovo diagram Bhowa a crosn section of a plggory building 21 foot wide which may bo of any desired length, Tho foundation is of Rtono, but may bo built of concrete to bo In keep ing with tho floor and tho piers which aro. concrete, Tho floor Is In two lay ers, tho lower threo Inches being com prised of coarse grnvol seven parts and commit ono part, tho upper inch boln mixed threo parta Bhnrp Band to no of commit. Tho alley running thtviUKhout tho center of tho building Is bc foot wide with a crowned floor otji-lmlf Inch higher In tho center to lt1.4r.ro Its being kept porfoctly dry. 'l.io floors of tho pens aro given a fall HAVE A TEST OF SILO It Is Indlspensablo to Prof net x specialty of registered Bheop and wlBk to say for tho benefit of others thai corn sllago is o. k. "When you build a silo, build n good ono and you will havo no troubk with poor ensilage. If tho silo Is prop orly constructed tho onsllago will keep for years. I havo fed It to great ad vantngo during July and August, those trying mouths when pasture Is usuall short aud dry. "A great many farmers mako the mlstako of cutting tho corn too green I try to rnlso tho heaviest crop of corn possible nnd then place It In tho silo about tho samo tlmo I would If It wcro to bo husked; or, In othor words, when It Is fit to euro for crop corn; then you will havo good ensilage. "For wintering brood sows, tho corn Bllago can ho fed to good advantage. Young pigs will como moro strong nnd heavy than If tho sows aro given other feeds that aro not bo succulent In tholr nature." Another farmer who hns a silo say3 that provlous to his feeding onsllago his dairy ot 25 cows did not show much profit through tho lato fall, win tor and enrly spring on account of tho high prlco of hay, rough food and mill frod. Tho bureau of animal Industry, which hns from tlmo to tlmo Issued valuablo bulletins concerning tho building nnd filling of silos, gives tho following directions for tho construc tion of stavo bIIcs: "Fig. 1 shows ri 200-ton silo with continuous doors. Tho foundation wall Is laid up from below tho frost lino, and tho ccmont floor covers tho nrea within tho foundation wnll. Tijo door posts nro held In po sition by sections of Iron plpo through which pass Iron bolts. "Fig. 2 shows a stavo silo of 125 ton cnpaclty without continuous doors. Tlio foundation wall should bo rein forced by Iron hoops or wlro embedded In tho concrete near tho top If tho wall extends moro than ono foot abovo tho ground. "In tho orcctlon of theso silos tho staves aro spiked together at Intervals of about flvo feet. A half-Inch hole Is bored to a depth of about ono Inch If stnvoa aro two by four Inches, nnd to a depth of threo Inches In staves two by six Inches, to nllow tho counter sinking of tho nail heads so as to keep them within tho stavo after tho usual shrinkage nnd to give tho nail auf flclont hold." MKIONRV. CMTH, of two Inches outer doors. 1 no partitions aro constructed of ono and a quartor Inch boards cut Into three-foot lengths. Thoso aro placed In an upright position tho bottom onils resting on a two-by-four and tho tops capped with similar matorlal. Tho loft abovo la about eight feet high on tho posts, and rurnlshes an nbundanco of room for atorngo of straw, cratos.crato matorlals, etc. No inoal feed should bo stored horo. 1110 iiiuuirauou snows 1110 ropes nnd pulleys by which tho door und ventilators aro opened and closed from tho feeding alloys. On tho right bUIo tho door aud ventilator aro open: on Irtft nlilo olnoiil. ntH. 6.' t " ,.1111111 from tho nlloy to tho QROSOT urn GREAT WOOD PRESERVATIVE HAS WTEREqS 77AG HISTORY lttSSSBB8Bwlfc BIG CVKZ AND GAS PLMTaPRODV(6 w3 If 'I i I mmm&Smm coke and gm and mw mimij: by- PR0WCr6 mm 01 BATTERY OT OAS HEl'ORTtS rnoh by product or cval-tm CRE060TK IS NADZ Ono of. tho significant signs of tho tlmcB Is tho awakening of tho Amer ican pooplo to tho dangerous destruc tion of their forost wealth, and tho necessity of a wise uso of what ro mtlns of It. Undoubtedly, In tho fu-tu:-j tho nation must utlllzo Its forest crop less wasteful!', both In tho woods &nd In the mill, and must mnko provi sion for futuro crops; but that is not the only way to prolong tho timber supply. If tho sdrvlco of tho wood which Ib used can bo lengthened, It will largoly decrenso tho amount of timber that must bo cpt. And tills can bo dono by treating tho wood 'with chemlcnls which will poison tho low forms of plant llfo which nttack It and causo It to decay. Tho growth of timber Is slow, and when tho deartli of It becomes press ing, n now crop cannot bo grown quickly onough to provont n tlmo of sovero shortage. Preservative treat ment of timber has tho advantage, as a romody, that It can bo nppllqd Im mediately. ' Its lmportnnco Ib, there fore, attracting Increasing attention. Many chomlcnla havo been used for trio preservation of timber, among them bluo vitriol, corrosive Biibllmato and chlorldo of zinc. Tho most effec tive prosorvntlvo is tho substnnco culled "creoBoto oil," or "creosote." On ncconnt of tho similarity of tho names, many peoplo supposo this to bo tho creosote ohtnlned from wood. such ns can bo obtained, refined for modiclnnl purposes, at tho drug Btores. Hut tho two aro quite different, and should not bo confused. The creo soto used In wood preservation is ob tained from coal, by a most Interest ing procoss. Ntuirly ovory city now uses gas for light and fuol, and many peoplo know that this lllumlnutlng gas Is often made from coal. Hut tho many things bosldos gas which nro obtained in this process aro nofso well known. It is ono of theso othor products from which Is obtained the creosoto oil used for wood preservation. To understand how nil thoBo things are produced, It Is necessary to know something whlcn tho chemists enn toll us. Coal, thoy say, Is composed part ly of tho substanco called carbon, part ly of compounds of this carbon with tho gas hydrogon, which thoy havo named "hydrocarbons."-" When tho coal Is heated sulllclently, away from air, tho hydrocarbons nro drlvoa off In tho form of gas. Illuminating gas is mado by subjecting coal of tho proper kind to this process, which is known as "dry distillation." Tho coal Is put Into a long, flro-clay oven, or "rotort," shaped much llko a giant model of tho Httlo cakes which tho bakers call "lady lingers," tho retorts being about 13 feet long, two feet wldo nnd 1G Inchos deep. A numbor of theso retorts aro built sldo by sldo, In threo rows, ono abovo tho other,' tho ends of tho retorts being supported In a brick wall which also extends around tho ends of tho rowa aud ovor tho top, and thus ontlroly Incloses tho re torts. FIro, from furnaces bolow, Is carried by flues Into this Inclosuro, so that tho retorts aro entirely envoloped In ilamo and can bo heated to a very high temperature Tho rotons aro partly filled with coal, after which thoy aro Bealed, so that no air can get Into thorn. Thoy nro thon heated to a tompernturo of about 2,100 degrees Fahrenholt. Un dcr this intonso bent almost all tho hydrocarbons of tho coal pass off, leav ing behind only tho "fixed" carbon, which comes out of tho retort us coke. Many of tho lighter compounds dis tilled off by tho heat will remain In thd form of gas whon thoy nro cooled to ordinary tomperatures, aud It Is Bomo of theso which mako tho pns finally used for lighting nnd fuol. Hut as It comes from tho retorts, tho gas Is llko 11 thick, yollowlah-green smoko, and could not be used nt all for such purposoB. This gas escapes from tho rotortB Into a series of largo and cost 1 BZZ tWt COXZ OV&AVASTITUl PROCZM.AZ ALL BY -PRODUCTS . aw ly mnchlnes whoro tho lighting gas la cloansed from Its Impurities, and tho different by-products nro soparatod 1 mm each other. First aro groat 'condonsora." In wlilnli fbo p.tkps aro cooled. Tho cooling condenses tho Heavier compounds Into thick liquids, which nro thon loft behind. Ono of tho substances later re moved from tho gns Is ammonia, and from this product Is mado tho nm monla water which Is used In ovory household. The heavy, stronn smelllnc. black liquid which la collected In tho cooling of tho gns Is what wo know ns coal tar. This Ib an exceedingly complex hilxturo of Bubstnnces. From It nro obtained not only creoBoto oil. but most of tho dyes which nro used now-a- uays, perrumes, nnd oven flavoring extracts. Gas, coal tar and coko nro nls In what Is known as tho by-product coko ovon, which Is adnnted to cllffnr. cnt objects, but Is operated on tho samo principle Its coal tar Is equally as good as tho gas works tar for mak- Inu creosoto oil. In recent years a great amount of gas has been mado In tho United States by another nropfiss. nnd Is known as water gas. This proc ess also produces a tar, which looks much llko coal tar and Is often dlfllcult to toll from i... Hut this tar is really derived from petroleum, nnd does not mako a good oil for preserving wood from decny. Wood creosoto. with which bo many peoplo nro familiar, Is llkowlso obtained from which Is produced by distilling wood. nut iiko wnior gas tar creosote, wood creosoto Is not bo good for wood preservation as Is tho coal tar creo sole. Whon creosoto Is bought for that purpose, therefore, It should bo cer tain that It Is coal tar creosote. To obtain creosoto oil from coal tar tho tar Is, in Its turn, distilled. Hut this distillation is llko that used for othor liquids Instead of that employed for tho coal. Tho still Is heated, and as tho heat Increases tho "light oils" first pass over. Among theso Is tho familiar carbolic ncld. This Is a pow erful antiseptic, but It is not desirnblo In a wood preservative, for It evapo rates so readily that It soon becomes lost from tho wood. Whon a tempera turo of about 400 degrees baa been7 reached, tho distlllato Is turned Into nnother receiver, nnd from this point on to 000 or 700 degrees creosoto oil Is produced. Ono of the substances which is contained In this mixture Is "napthalono." from which common moth balls aro mado. Coal tar creo soto, thus produced, Is tho great wood preservative. Tho residue remaining In tho still after tho distillation Ib "niioi, .i.t. Is chiefly used together with 'coal tar miuiruiuu 1011 in tno preparation of gravol or slag roofing, in America roofing pitch la the chief end for which In? is dlBtlllod. In Kuropo this la not so truo. Now pitch for roofing must bo rather soft. Therefore tar distillation is not carried bo far In thla country as It la In Europe. For creo sote oil It would bo better If it woro carried farther, since tho substances which distill nt the higher tempera tares In most cases nelthor evaporate In tho air nor dlssolvo in water as readily as thoso which distill moro easily. Consequently thoy stny In tho wood for a longer time, nnd protoct It correspondingly from decny. Much study Is bolng dovotod by tho Unltod States forest servlco to creo soto oil, to dotormlno whnt Its comno Bltlon should ho to rIvo tho best ro suits in prosorvlng timber, under dt. ferent conditions, and how tho most desirable c.cosotoa may bo obtained. Tho reports of those studios, together with detailed description of the moro economical processes of apply,,,. tho preservatives to wood, have been workod Into circulars which tho eov. ommont hnB placed at tho disposal of nil users of timber and which wilt bo furnished to nil who mako tho request of tho foroBter at Washington