SCENES IN CAIRO
(Copyright,
Bowles.)
A first drive in Cairo is a joy—the
objects cf interest are so unceasing
and so replete with historical meaning.
The first thing to stir one's memory is
the opera house, built in six weeks, so
there might be a fitting home of song
for the company of great French sing
ers brought over by the royal spend
thrift Ismail to assist in the gorgeous
celebration attending the opening of
the Suez canal.
Here was given the first perform
ance of Verdi's opera "Aida," written
expressly for the occasion. The iier
formance was further unique from the
fact that Mariotte Bey. the great
Egyptologist and discoverer of the
Rossetta stone, gave his attention to
the production, so that every detail of
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Street Scene.
scenery, costume and plot was histor
ically correct, while the Egyptian
museum was ransacked for properties
and jewels. It was probably the great
est stage production ever seen, or that
over could be given, and was only pos
sible at a time when Ismail spent
$21,000,000 on the celebration attend
ing the opening of the canal that was,
first and last, his country's ruin.
In the Monski, as well as other char
acteristically native streets on the
way to the bazaars, every phase of life
may be seen. Open shops, scarcely six
feet across, with imperturbable propri
etors smoking waterpipes. a constant
procession through the streets of
donkeys, carts loaded with veiled
women, camels treading stealthily, onc
of which was seen daintily nibbing at
the flowers on the Parisian bonnet of
the lady in a victoria just ahead.
Flocks of geese and turkeys might
be seen driven along the street by
venders, who guide them with a little
switch, keeping them under perfect
control.
Very laughable is the rivalry be
tween the keepers of the bazaars and
bitter the denunciation that fills the
ear of the foreigner as he stops to
make a purchase. The strange med
ley of tongues and the stranger pro
nunciation of his own language makes
the buyer stare and then double up
with laughter.
If he selects an article from the
stand of the merchant on his right the
proprietor of the stand on his left
will shriek in his ear: "No buy of
heeml Heem verra bad man! Heem
tief! Heem fadder tief! Ileem mudder
tief! His granfader tief! Heem gran
mudder tief! No buy of heem!" While
the imperturable proprietor on the
right will respond in a low guttural,
like a bass solo following a soprano
cadenza: "Heem big liar! Heem go
jail! Heem got notting! Me got ebbery
ting! Look you! Shmakkin kip ismok
ir.g cap), packet snif (pocket knife),
'ooble-booble (hubble-bubble, or water
pipe), preera-beed (prayer beads, or
rosary).” Then, with a shout of tri
umph: Shlippers all! Shlippers
mooch! Beada shlippers! Silka shlip
pers! Golda shlippers! Me got all!
Heem big liar! Heem go jail!” and so
on ad infinitum.
By which my reader will perceive
that shopping in Cairo is not all of
heaven, nor yet of the other place,
and that the amenities are much
subordinate to that love which Is the
root of all evil.
A wedding is quite likely to follow
next in the wonderful street proces
sion. First a clown or mountebank,
dancing, grimacing, rolling in the dirt,
going through all sorts of antics for
the amusement of the people. He is
followed by men playing on a collec
tion of shrieking and walling muslca
instruments. Then comes the bride
sometimes in a closely-shuttered car
riage, draped with tinsel-trimmed vel
vet, or, what is much more pictur
esque, a curtained litter slung between
two camels. After her comes the fur
niture for her new home, for a bride is
expected to provide everything, even
to the bridegroom’s trousseau. This
plenishing is all piled on camels, who
go swaying along, sneering supercili
ously as if deploring the foolishness of
I'. ssa human customs. A camel's ex
• -'-ssion of conscious superiority must
be rather trying, if one sees much
of it.
It seems almost a waste of time to
have so much ceremony attend so eas
ily dissolved a relation as marriage is
in Cairo. A man, with or without any
just cause, has only to say before wit
nesses. “Woman, I divorce thee!” and
! repeat it three times, and he is as free
as before he married her. He has to
; return to her her house plenishing and
; she returns her dowry to him. This
dowry consists of one-third of a man’s
; possessions, which he settles on her
[ when he marries her.
According to the Mohammedan faith
a man may have four wives, that is,
i all to onct, as they say in the*, west..
He may divorce and re-marry, still
keeping to his allowance of four, as ]
many times as he likes.
All these sights, and many more
may be seen during a drive to see the
dancing, or. more properly, whirling
dervishes, who dance every Friday
I afternoon. Friday is the Mohamme
| dan Sunday, and in the afternoon they
i conduct this performance, which is a
religious ceremony, but palpably
worked up for the benefit of the hun
dreds of tourists who flock to see it.
The performance takes place on an
inclosed circular floor, with rugs about
the edge, upon which at the begin
ning the dervishes, to the number of
about 16, sit, wrapped in big black
cloaks and wearing tall felt hats. The
sheik, in a green turban, sits on a rug
of extra elegance, with the koran on a
cushion in front of him. A solo on a
wailing flute opened the performance,
piercing squeals and breathless trills
putting our nerves and teeth on edge,
until an unseen man in the balcony
cuts it short by beginning to intone in
a high-pitched voice a long incantation
about a young person by the name of
Mall; at least her name was all we
heard. After that the dervishes arose,
cast their cloaks on the ground and
stood revealed in white robes, with
exceedingly full skirts, from under
which their bare feet peeped out.
Then they began a solemn proces
sion about the space, bowing to their
neighbors either way as they reached
the nig cf the sheik. This was done
three times, the men walking and
bowing, not without grace and dignity.
Suddenly, as the third round was com
pleted, the first man flung out his
arms and began to spin round and
; round, his skirts standing away stiffly
j from his limbs. One could not but
| expect to see him suddenly duck, his
i skirts billowing up around him, as lit
! tie girls do when they play the game
1 of 'making cheeses." Momentarily
lie was joined by others, until the ring
became filled with whirling figures.
: each holding its arms and head in
; some distinctive position, some going
■ about sedately in one spot, while
others piouretted airily in and out
j among the other dancers.
One man had his arms held out in a
: singularly appealing manner, while his
i head was cuddled down on his shoul
der. giving him a ridiculously coy ex
pression. *
This is the last act. for after about
15 minutes of this whirling the der
vishes cease, resume their cloaks and
; the performance is over.
From there we were driven to see
the -howling dervishes, a different de
I
Smoking Waterpipes.
i nomination who conduct their religious
j wrorship on different lines.
The commercial instinct of this sect
seems more highly developed than
that of the other, for here the sum of
two piastees each was charged for ad
mittance. As we entered the door a
great volume of sound greeted us and
j rose and fell like the sound of men’s
voices chanting.
Here was another inclosed circular
space, another venerable sheik in
green turban and about 20 dervishes
seated around the rail, all chanting:
' Allah il Allah!” their bodies swaying
from side to side as they shouted the
assertion that “God is God" over and
over again.
They next stood up and, swaying
back and forth convulsively, emitted
gusty sighs that gradually grew into
horrible noises as leader after leader
sprang in front of them, setting the
pace faster and faster, a new leader
taking the place of the exhausted one
as he turned and bowed to the sheik,
signifying that he could do no more.
All this time a blind sheik chanted un
ceasingly in a high piccolo voice.
The bodies swayed and jerked more
and more quickly, the noises grew to
frenzied howls and animal-like sounds
that reminded one forcibly of the zoo
at feeding time. A tall, gaunt desert
priest stepped in front of the men.
bowing and swaying, his long hair al
ternately covering his face and tossed
back over his shoulders.
Under his leadership the dervishes
became frantic, their eyes were
glazed, foam flew from their lips and
some fell prone from exhaustion. Wa
stayed to see no more, but hurried out,
followed by the volume of inhuman
cries and howls.
Rabbit Pest in Australia.
In 1852 two rabbits were imported
into Australia from England. These
arrivals in that continent now num
ber billions, and are a great pest. Five
rabbits eat as much grass as one
&heep. From 1878 to 1888 the Aus
tralian government paid out $5,888,015
as bounty for the noxious animals, at
the rate of 25 cents each, and from j
. v ; to 1886 $2,200,000 for the same]
* ^ose. For some years the rabbits |
died by millions owing to the drought,
but since 1904, with the rainy seasons
increasing, they have again come Into
notice and bid fair to become as great
pests as in the past
Break Ancient Custom.
The British Royal academy, at th®
cexi banquet, will ignore a custom
tbtti. has been observed for about 140
1 cars. There are to be no speeches,.
FARMERS WHO HAVE
MADE A TEST OF SILO
Consensus of Opinion Is That It Is Indispensable to Prof
itable Livestock Raisins and Dairyinz*
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Two Good Silos.—Fig. 1: A 200-Ton Stave Silo with Continuous Doors.
Fig. 2. A 125-Ton Stave Silo Without Continuous Doors.
i he silo is winning its way on to
the farms of the country because it is ;
proving to be an indispensable equip
ment for winter feeding of stock, es
pecially cows in milk.
The mo3t conclusive proof that thc
silo is all it claims to be is that in
every community where it goes it rap
idly wins its way to universal favor.
On this point one farmer writes: “Five
years ago I was one of a half dozen
farmers in this neighborhood who
built silos. Now there are as many
put up each year, which I consider I
good evidence that the silo is practical j
and has come to stay.”
To illustrate its practical points, !
this enthusiast goes on to tell of his
methods: On our farm we have a silo
12 by 20 feet, and foundation extend
ing into the ground two feet, making
it 22 feet deep. For the best results, i
I think 12 by 24 feet is the best size, I
then if 1 wanted more feed than a silo !
of this size would hold, I would build j
another.
“We fill our silo when the corn is !
well dented or just before it is ripe
enough to make fodder. We have four '
men in the field, two to cut the corn
and pile it in bunches and the other
two to load the corn and fodder to the
wagons. It usually takes three wag
ons, owing of course to the distance
from the silo. We have our own cut
ting box and horse power and cut the
silage very short, about one-half inch, j
It packs better when short and this :
makes it keep better. In filling the j
silo it takes one man in the silo to
keep it level and mixed, as the blow
ers separate the corn from the fodder.”
Still another farmer in writing to
the Northwestern Agriculturist de
clares unhesitatlnglythat he has found
silage to he the best and cheapest suc
culent feed he can produce. “For the
dairy herd it is difficult to find its 1
equal. A few years ago I found it |
necessary to transfer my cows to a .
barn away from the siio while making1
some changes in the fixtures of the
basement of the barn where the cows
are regularly kept. During this time
the cows received no silage, but were
fed on some extra fine clover hay, etc.
On this change of feed the decrease in
milk was one-third, but as soon as I
changed them back to the ensilage
they soon regained in the milk.
'"As a feed for oreeding ewes and
for fattening lambs there is nothing
better. For 23 years I have made a
A Practical Plai
specialty of registered sheep and wish
to say for the benefit of others that
corn silage is o. k.
"When you build a silo, build a
good one and you will have no trouble
with poor ensilage. If the silo is prop
erly constructed the ensilage will keep
for years. 1 have fed it to great ad
vantage during July and August, those
trying months when pasture is usually
short and dry.
"A great many farmers make the
mistake of cutting the corn too green.
I try to raise the heaviest crop of corn
possible and then place it in the silo
about the same time I would if it were
to be husked; or. ia other words, when
it is fit to cure for crop corn; then
you will have good ensilage.
"For wintering brood sows, the corn
silage can be fed to good advantage.
Young pigs will come more strong and
heavy than if the sows are given other
fee ls that are not so succulent in their
nature."
Another farmer who has a silo Says
that previous to his feeding ensilage
his dairy of 25 cows did not show
much profit through the late fall, win
ter and early spring on account of the
high price of hay, rough feed and
mill feed.
The bureau of animal industry,
which has from time to time issued
valuable bulletins concerning the
building and filling of silos, gives the
following directions for the construc
tion of stave siles: "Fig. 1 shows a
200-ton silo with continuous doors. The
foundation wail is laid up from below
the frost line, and the cement floor
covers the area within the foundation
wall. The door posts are held in po
sition by sections of iron pipe through
which pass iron bolts.
"Fig. 2 shows a stave silo of 125
ton capacity without continuous doors.
The foundation wall should be rein
forced by iron hoops or wire embedded
in the concrete near the top if the wall
extends more than one foot above the
ground.
“in the erection of these silos the
staves are spiked together at intervals
of about five feet. A half-inch hole
is bored to a depth of about one inch
if staves are two by four inches, and
to a depth of three inches in staves two
by six inches, to allow the counter
sinking of the nail heads so as to keep
them within the stave after the usual
shrinkage and to give the nail suf
ficient hold.”
i for a Piggery
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South
The above diagram shows a cross
section of a piggery building 34 feet
wide which may be of any desired
length. The foundation is of stone, but
may be built of concrete to be in keep
ing with the floor and the piers which
are concrete. The floor is in two lay
ers, the lower three inches being com
prised of coarse gravel seven parts
and cement one part, the upper inch
being mixed three parts sharp sand
to^one of cement. The alley running
throughout the center of the building
is six feet wide with a crowned floor
one-half inch higher in the center to
insure its being kept perfectly dry.
The floors of the pens are given a fall
Mice in Corn Crib.—Even though
care and pains are taken and no rats
can get in the corn crib sometimes
i mice will do so and cause some dam
age. It is a good plan to take the cat
once in a while and put her in the
crib. She may catch a mouse at once,
but ftt auy rate if there are any mice
she will give them a good scare and
may make them seek other quarters.
Dcn’t Be Rash.—An old poultryman
says: “Very few men have it in them
| to start out with 3,000 or 4,000 "hens
j and make a success of it. Better leave
of two inches from the alley to the
outer doors.
The partitions are constructed of
one and a quarter inch boards cut into
three-foot lengths. These are placed
in an upright position the bottom ends
resting on a two-by-four and the tops
capped with similar material. The loft
above is about eight feet high on the
posts, and furnishes an abundance of
room for storage of straw, crates, crate
materials, etc. No meal feed should
be stored here.
The illustration shows the ropes
and pulleys by which the door and
ventilators are opened and closed from
the feeding alleys. On the right side
the door and ventilator are open; on
the left side closed.
the thousand off and start with three
or four, and work in gradually. Try
ing to step from the bottom of the
mountain to the top in one grand leap
is nice on paper, but when it gets
right down to business there are lots
of things a man needs to learn, even
about so humble a thing as a hen.”
A Good Cure-All.—The cure-all iD
the poultry yard is good management.
Its principal virtue is that it is pre
ventive. With it there is no need for
stimulants, regulators and other
makeshifts.
HOUSE GOWN
ror noose or reception wear, oom now ana curing ine coming summer,
this beautiful gown will be most appropriate. The body portion of the waist
is of orchid yellow marquisette, over a lining of taffetas. The yoke band is
of tucked marquisette, and the square bertha yoke-facing and cuff bands are
of cream-colored lace. The skirt is made with a one-piece foundation, having
a circular flounce, and a four piece over-skirt. The foundation and circular
flounce are of the marquisette, ar.d the four-piece over-skirt is of the all-over
lace, if desired, the overskirt and circular flounce may be made of one mate
rial, the former embroidered by hand, or trimmed with buttons and braid
loops.
For 36 bust the waist requires 5 yards of material 20 inches wide, 234
yards 36 inches wide, or 244 yards 42 inches wide; % yard of all-over lace IS
inches wide l'or collar, yoke-facing and arm-bands.
HIGH-CROWNED HAT IN BURNT
STRAW.
V/ith clusters cf “blcw-aways.” The
tewest shape reck ruffie in brown
tulle, tied at the side with brown satin i
ribbon.
Balance in Furniture.
To lay down a set of rules for ar
ranging the furniture in any room is
obviously impossible, as fitments dif
fer so radically. But there are certain
; things that can be done successfully
with furniture and others that spoil
the appearance of the most expensive
ly fitted-up apartment. First and fore
most of these is to “balance” a room,
meaning by that not to get all the
heavy pieces or all the large pictures
on one side. If, for example, there is
a large sofa against one wall, across
from it there should be a table that
is in proportion, or a heavy chair or
something like that, to preserve the
equalities. It need not be exactly
across, but somewhere on the other
side, to avoid looking as though, were
the floor swung one side, it would go
down and the other come up. In rear
ranging a room the rugs, if any are
used, should be taken up, and the
floors left so that the chairs, etc., can
be easily moved to experiment for the
! best placing.
SHORT SLEEVES LOSING VOGUE.
—
Parisian Modistes Declare for Change
in Fashion.
As usual, steeves are of prime im
portance in the warm weather ward
: robe, says Mrs. Osborn in the De
lineator. More than any other de
tail of the toilet they betray the ex
act date of its creation. “A gown is
as old as its sleeve” is an axiom of
the dressmaking profession.
In Paris the short sleeve is already
passe. The American woman, however,
will not drop it abruptly for the long
sleeve. She will be inclined to tem
porize on account of the heat of our
long summer, but by autumn it is a
certainty that the short sleeve will
have been laid to rest.
One of the best examples of the
typical small sleeve is used in the
tallleur. It is full length, of course,
close fitting and with no perceptible
fulness at the armhole. An excellent
phase of it is illustrated in the cos
tume of shantung In the shade called
“ashes of violets.” The little coat
has a square seamed postilion back
FOR THE LITTLE MAIDEN.
Dainty Lingerie That Is Considered
the Mode.
Although the small maiden may
have an assortment of silk slips she
never wears a separate silk petticoat
or one trimmed with ribbons. Her
white skirts are carefully measured
an inch shorter than her frocks, and
are of somewhat heavier materials,
preferably lonsdale or cambric. These
may have deep flounces or embroid
ered muslin headed with heading, to
accompany lingerie dresses, or sev
eral ruffles of dotted and figured swiss
may bo used, as this launders well,
looks exceedingly dainty and is inex
pensive. To the white petticoat is
usually attached an underwaist of
similar material and beading finish,
through which may be run very nar
row white, light blue or pink ribbons.
This waist may be joined by means
of a band or cut in one with the um
brella shaped petticoat, thus avoiding
unnecessary bulk about the hips if the
child be somewhat stout. Some lit
tle girls wear beneath the outer petti
coat a shorter skirt and drawers cut
in one piece and joined at the waist
line to a correct cover substitute that
is worn over a little spun silk or lisle
shirt. The French lingerie imported
for smail maidens has beading joined
seams and in sets comprising waist,
drawers, long and short petticoats and
gown all trimmed lightly with dainty
embroidery.
For the Stout Woman.
The stout woman will look well to
the construction of her corset cover.
It should have as many pieces to it as
possible, as it will be stronger and fll
better and there should be no rufflr
about the bottom, but simply a banc
to make as little fullness as possible.
Of Dark Blue Linen.
A suit of dark blue linen is
trimmed at the collar and cuffs with
blue soutache, while the skirt and coat
are finished with large blue bone but
tons. The skirt of this suit is circular,
wiht a flat back.
Of Voile and Taffeta.
Some suits are composed of a voile
skirt with a wide band of taffeta at
the foot, and a coat of taffeta. The
girdle is made of taffeta and is about
six inches wide.
and a deep V-shaped closing in the
front that is caught to one side with
a darker tone chou of silk, plaited and
ruched into a clever semblance of a
double violet.
The sleeve is most interesting and
unusual, for it has but one seam, and
that on the outside of the arm. The
sleeve buttons from the elbow to the
wrist with a bias line of great button
holes bound in cloth, and small round
cloth-covered buttons. The armhole
of the coat is turned under and piped
so that the seam is as flat as possible.
For Mourning Wear.
Some years ago a movement against
crape took place in England, of which
the influence was felt in America.
The swing of the pendulum has now
once more brought crape in favor for
mourning use, and it is an English
manufacture—even in Paris English
crape is used—British manufacturers
are rejoicing. The recent death of the
duke of Devonshire has thrown a
great number of families into mourn
ing, and the abundance of crape used
is very noticeable.
Silk muslin gowns show cloth h«ms.
QUEEN OF ACTRESSES
PRAISES PE-RU-NA.
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MISS JULIA MARLOWE.
“/ am Xffad fo write my endorse
ment of the great remedy, Peruna. I
do so most heartily. "—Julia Marlow e.
Any remedy that benefits dig*
strengthens the nerves.
The nerve centers require nutrit
If the digestion is impaired, the n*
centers become anemic, and nerv i
debility is the result.
Peruna is not a nervine nor t ♦
J stimulant. It benefits the nerves *
♦ by benefiting digestion. >
Peruna frees the stomach of ca
tarrhal congestions and normal diges
tion is the result.
In other words, Peruna goes to the
bottom of the whole difficulty, when
the disagreeable symptoms disappi . ■
Mrs. J. C. Jamison, Wallace, Cal,
writes:
“I was troubled with my stoma* 1 \
for six years. Was treated by rh
doctors. They said that I ha*l nervier
dyspepsia. I was put on a liquid di*
for three months.
“I improved under the treat men-,
but as soon as I stopped taking 'he
medicine, I got bad again.
“I saw a testimonial of a man whose
case was similar to mine being cur 1
by Peruna, so I thought I would give it
a trial.
“I procured a bottle at once ar, 1
I commenced taking it. I have tak* n
! several bottles and am entirely cured.'
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&paoLus, or have Children that do so. my
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ail you are asked to do is to send for
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The Villain’s Escape.
In an amateur play a fugitive from
justice was supposed to have escaped
from his pursuers by concealing him
self under the table. The table was
small and the terrified fugitive some
what lengthy.
The commander of the pursuing
party rushed on the stage and fell
over the legs of the man he was
searching for.
Picking himself up and ludicrously
rubbing his shins, he convulsed h -
audieuee by exclaiming ia true dra
matic style:
• Hal ha! The dastardly villain 'aa^
eluded us again.”
INTUITION.
Fortune Teller—You will shortly
meat with an accident.
Victim—How did you know I owned
an automobile?
For Any Disease or Injury to
the eye, use PETTIT’S EVE SALVE, ah
'oiutely harmle.-s, acts quickly. 25c. Ali
druggists or Howard Pros., Bulfalo, N. V.
A cranky bachelor says that heaven
is probably so called because there
are no marriages there.
Life is learning, suffering, loving:
and the greatest of these is loving.
—Ellen Key.
You always get full value :n Lewis’
Single Hinder straight 5o cigar. Your
dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
Many a patent leather shoe covers
a big hole in a stocking.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing' Syr op.
For children teething, softens the grume, reduces In
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A dumb waiter out of order is an
unspeakable nuisance.
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