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clocks are kept with the greatest regularity, It
being considered q deadly sin to be few
seconds late or early for certain prayers the tri-
angular staircase. and four ornamental resting
places for the orthodox sects Of Hanafy, Shafy,
Maiiky and Hanbaly. The morning duties ter
minated by the pilgrims walking and running
seven times along the streets of Safah and Mar
wah, so named from the flight Of seven steps at
each of their eXtremites.
This course of devotion was continued during
several days, on the third of which rumor
went round that an nfidel had contrived to en-
Ter the city, which made Lieutenant Milutine
very uncomfortable, fearing that this might
refer to himself. 1t subsequently became known
That German, who. 1t afterwards TRANSFERRED.
was Bcyrout merchant named Karl Kolb, had
been recognized by a water-carrier from the
same town. and Immediately. upon the news
being communicated to the Grand Shereef, the
psendo-piigrim was arrested and brought be-
lore the Council OF Priests. and on his refusing
to be converted then and there to the Mahom-
medan faith, was taken out and stoned to
death.
After few days spent i'm visiting the slave
market. the forts the houses of the prophet
and the Cal:phs Ali and Abubakir. and minor
places of interest. the pilgrims started on their
six hours journey to the mountain of Arifat.
an hours sojOurn upon which, even in a state
OF uncOnscousness. confers the rank of Hadji
which all pilgrims prefix to their name. 1t is
a mountain spur OF some two hundred and fifty
Feet in height, presenting an artificial appear
ance from the wall encircling it and the terrace
on its slope. from which the nigh priest delivered
sermon before the pilgrims returned to Mecca.
HIS auditors were indeed numerous. their tents
being scattered over many miles Of the country
The festiyity of sacrifices, called KOurban
Bairam. was celebrated with great pomp, one
sheep being killed for each adult within the holy
walls. three days after which the return COM
menced. The caravan halted at the village of
Musdaliiah, where each traveller gathered and
washed seven pebbles. which were flung at three
piles OF white~ashed masonry known as the
sheitans devils of Munah. The following days
the Great, the Middle and the Little Satan were
again pelted. after which thousands of sheep
were again sacrificed. ard beqUeathing to the
unfortunate Inhabitants of Munah the unburied
and OdOrOus remains Of some five thousand
sheep. the pilgrims. row fully made HaJlgis
proceeded on their dreary and periious Journey
Lieutenant Milutine finishes his interesting
letter by saving that the pilgrims are sc poor on
their return journey that not even the hungry
BedOuins think it worth their while to attack
them common saying amongst these robbers
being that charge of powder and bullet are
worth more than returning pilgrim.
The Russian officer, instead of continuing his
Journey by land. made present of all his equip
ment TO his old servant, and bargained with a
tribe OF Bedonins who for twenty golden Napo-
Icons conducted him to Beyrout, whence he
took steamer to E@ynt.
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RalstOn and other heavy bulls. When Flood
came upon the scene he was the first to throw a
lance Flood hated Keene with an awe
inspiring hatred. He possessed money
enough to crush him, but he hadn't
the brains, and with every effort he only
added to Keenes bank account. The
latter began bearing the Bonanza stocks
at almost their highest figure, and he never
stopped until he left the street with a OOO. 900
in gold, fully three-fourths of which came from
the Golfers of his mortal enemies. Keene seems
to have got more conservative and cautious
friends say, he is rich and Indifferent, and wants
now to enjoy life.
James B. Haggin is a California millionaire.
who furnishes an example of what can be done
In mining without the aid of excitements and
ideals, and stock boards and speculation, He
mines for what is in the ground solely. and has
been the most fortunate man in that respect
the Pacific coast has ever produced. When Mr..
Haggin hears OF prospect" he sends a
trusty agent to look at it. 1fapproved, he buys
1t; and the most marvellous thing of all is he SO
rarely makes a mistake that it is exceptional.
1t was he that developed the Black Hills mines.
which have yielded millions and seem inex-
haustible The Ontario of Utah, property
which has paid millions in dividends, IS his.
The JOG Jocu ats mine, Of Mexico, is yield
Ing S2OO, eco month. 1t is Mr.. Haggin's. He
conducts mine as he would every other bust
ness enterprise-on strictly business principles.
He never buys stock aud never sells any. If 1t
were not made necessary by certain laws, he
would not incorporate mine and issue stock,
Mr.. Haggin's wealth is prodigious, but SO quiet
are his methods and exclusive mis- operations,
that no one could form just estimate of it; II
runs away into the millions In person Mr..
Haggin is the most distinguished looking of any
OF the California nabobs. He is dark and
swarthy. dignifed in bearing and naughty In
conversation. He never smiles, never tolerates
the slightest familiarity or leyity, and neye,
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70 uOu tHey nad arrived at the "kaaba." to
when every Moslem turns his face while in
prayer since the days of Mahommed. The cara
van camped on the plateau. and soon after dawn
arose the shout Of "Labbaik, Labbaik," upon
which the disguised pilgrim, passing between
the rocks. found himself I'm the chief street of
Mecca, and approached the Gateway of Saliva
ton. one OF the thirty mine portals Of the'Tem-
pie Of Al-Haram
On crossing the threshold he entered a vast
cnfoofed quadrangle. having on each side a
BROAD coionnade. divided into three aisles by a
multitude of slender columns and rising to the
height OF about sixty feet Surrounding each
arch OF the colonnade Is small dome-in all
shere are one hundred and twenty-and ut diff
ierent points arise seven familiar minarets,
eating from various epochs. and varying both
n altitude and architecture. The numerous
pigeons which have their home within the Tenn
pie have been believed never to alight upon any
portion OF its roof. thus mraculOusly testifyinv
20 the holiness of the ediice.
In the center OF the square area rises the far
famed 'kaaba." the funereal shade of which
contrasts wildly with the sunlit walls and
precipices OF the town. 1t Is a cubical structure
OF massive stone, the upper portion Of which
Is mantied by black velvet embroidered with
SILVER anu gold, the lower portion being hung
with snow-white silk. At a distance of several
yards 1t Is surrounded by a balustrade provided
NTH lamps. which are always lighted, and the
space thus inclosed is the crcuit-ground along
which. day and night, crowds of faithful per-
forming the circular ceremony of Tawaf, realize
the idea of perpetual motion, after which they
advance To the black stone embedded In an
angle Of the Kaaba and kiss ii, exclalmlng.
"Hismillah wah Allahu Akbar7A..In IGod1
name, and God Is greatest" They then cam,
c;enced the usual seven rouuds-thrae ct o
waking pace aud four at brisk trot-wl,ch
vas followed by two prayer-f1eotions at the
Tomb Of Abraham. after which tiseyssfrxnk tho
water OF ZamZam said to be the same which
quene'led the thirst OF Hagar's exhausted soe,
Besides the Kaaba eight minor structures
sdorn the quadrangle; the well OF Zamzam. the
toaary, tie clock room, wherein hundreds d
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A Spot with a History.

Between Heliopolis and Zagazig,"
says the London Net0s. '.there is an in
teresting spot connected with later jew
ish history. 1t is called Tel-el-Y Yehoodee,
or The Mound of the jew In jose
phus, b. xiii, C. ILL, will be found an ac-
count of it. Onias, son of the High
Priest of the Temple Of Jerusalem, got
permission from Ptolemy and Cleopatra
to build temple in Egypt which should
be like the one at Jerusalem. Josephus
says it was much inferior. Still, such a
temple was. constructed, with priests and
a service the same as the Jews were ac-
customed to. The place was known pre-
viously as Leontopolis, and a temple had
stood there, and a palace of Rameses Ill.
existed at it, all of which was in ruins
when Onias sconstructed his temple, which
alsois now gone, and nothing but mounds
are left to mark the spot. Onias in his
letter to Ptolemy quoted in favor of his
proposals the propheeyin Isaiah xix, 10:
In that day shall there be an altar in the
midst of the land of Egypt, and pillar
at the border thereof to the Lord These
words are acknowledged Ptolemy and
Cleopatra as being the inducement which
caused them to make the grant. This
temple attracted Jews, and there were
other cities in the district where they
predominated, but little is known re-
garding them.''
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Japan Houses.


The mode of constructing the houses
here, while causing the least outlay, is
admirably adapted to the conditions OF
the climate. A Japanese house is really
q double affair. The most expense is
put into the roof, which is of splendid
heavy tile in all the towns and villages.
On the isolated farm houses straw thatch
is used more extensively. The roof is
sustained by uprights framed into it,
which have their foundations on the
ground. The floor is. generally about
two feet above the ground, and is di-
vided into rooms by paper partitions,
which are in sections and slide in
grooves They can, at pleasure, be ea-
tirely removed, leaving, if necessary,
the entire area in one room. The sides
of the building, or at least one or more,
are also in sections, which slide in
grooves, and are removed during the
day if required. Generally there is a
space left for a passageway between the
outside and the inner partitions forming
the rooms, so that in winter the rooms
inclosed only by paper screens are made
warm and comfortable by the protection
of the outer shell when slid into posi-
ton. while in n<sufnnier the facility with
which all partitions are removed insures
good ventilation Very many of the
houses are built with AN interior court,
devoted to ornamental shrubs and flow
ers, showing an admirable degree of @s-
thetic taste in the people.-Cor- San
francisco Chronicle
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4 Bad InYestment.

IF there is man in this country upon
whom the Republicans, in and out of
Congress, have for years expended their
bitterest wrath and their fierccst denun-
citation, it is James r. Chalmers, of
Mississippi He has been denounced
constantly by them as the contriver of
the brutal massacre at Fort Pillow. His
name has been used in every Republican
campaign since the close of the civil
war to excite the passionate resentment
of Northern voters.
MIR. Chalmers recently represented in
Congress the Sixth District of Missis-
sippi, but was ousted by John r.
Lynch, the present colored member.
MANY Democrats gave Chalmers the
benefit of their doubts in sustaining his
claim to the seat, while many others be-
Heved that he was not fairly elected,
although he had something of a tech
nical case. Chalmers complained loudly
because the Democrats did not filibusteT
in order to keep him in his seat II
now appears that at the very time
Chalmers was making this complaint he
was preparing the way for the course he
has since taken. fx
It is alleged that, as the result of GER
tain negotiations with William T.
Chandler, Chalmers is now candidate
for Congress in the Second District OF
Mississippi against the regular Demo-
cratic nominee. and is backed by the
power, the prestige, and the patronage OF
the Administration. 1t is said that his
father-in-law, his brother-in-law. and
several of his friends have alfeady been
appointed to offices On small scale,
he is playing the part of Malone. and
the Republicans of Mississippi are ex-
pected not only to vote for 1.-The in
famous hero of Fort Pillow" as they
have been accustomed to describe
Chalmers. but they win be required
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A Woodbury. woman accidentally
swallowed some arsenic that had been
got to destroy ants. As she was not an
aunt she was not destroyed. -DapJtyy
Nca1s.
"A Missouri book agent piled ties
across the railroad track. ran ahead and
saved passenger train, and took ono
hundred and twenty orders from tho
grateful passengers without change of
countenance.-Detro Free Press.
"A book of three hundred and fifty
pages has been written TO prove that
sharks do not eat human beings. The
author of the work has declined an offer
of 81, 900 to Jump into the harbor at Key
West and settle the dispute.
Canada people want free United
States peaches. They say the duty COM
pels them TO pay two prices. Whist,
neighbors We have to pay three prices
this side the line, where there is no
duty.-Lo10eH Courier.
Archibald Forbes, the English war
correspondent, is to get $4,000 for his
proposed work on the United States. We
had no idea the United States needed
repairs so bad that the work on them
would cost 50, 900. Texas Sitttptgs.
Jenny June in one of her fashion
letters says that leather as applied to
jackets is not quite new. Jinks says he
should say mott He well remembers the
day when he. considered an application
of leather to his jacket as something so
altogether old as to be no longer novels"
and longed for the day when it would be
no longer fashionable. Detroit Post
"A Chicago man, too lazy to work,
too proud to 90 to the .poor-bouse and
too honest TO steal, determined TO COM
nit some genteel offensc which would
give him free board and lodging in pris9
on without leaving stain upon his rep
utation. He therefore started out and
began kissing all the girls he met. Be-
fore he could find one who would order
his arrest he starved to death.-PhiLd-
delpkiG Ne1cs.
Once upon a time q Frenchman
named De Tonnant, wishing to gain the
support of n most influential old Patago-
nian chief, bestowed on the savage q
worn-out-grand piano which he had
bought for sixteen dollars. Contrary to
expectations, there was not an uprising
of the people and an insurrection the day
after the chief received his present. The
1 old Patagonian was not cruel, blood
I thirsty monster. Instead of playing
Over the Garden Wall' and other
classical music on the piano, he removed
its intestines and used it as bedstead.
| -N0yristolUlt Herald
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How to Stop a Dog Fight.

Every appliance which fertile imag-
ination could suggest has been employed
in the uncongenial task of separating
fighting dogs whose blood was up. A
few years ago there was man who went
about declaring that sudden deluge OF
cold water would invariable produce the
desired result, until one day he saw two
dogs which, in the heat of battle, were
unconscious of all about them, fall OIL a
bridge into river forty, feet below, and.
still clinched, sink and rise, sink and
rise. until one of them fioated down
stream dead and the other crawled out
upon the bank. Oliver Wendell Holmes
has put it on record that
The monereIs hold wilisip.
Tsut only crowbars loose the bulldog grip
In the face of this decision of the auto
crat. a Massachusetts man boldly de-
clares that no dog. however brutal by
nature or iniiamed by passion. can keep
ON fighting after a handful OF yellow
snuff has been thrown into his face:s
The logic of the situation, he would
probably say, is that after the apphea-
zion of snuff the dog must either sneeze
or burst no dog can sneeze and tight
al the same, and ii ascertain that no dog
can burst and fight mt the same time-
The Massachusetts man speaks with con-
Gdence. and it would be pleasure te
see him administer the snuff-N r.
Tribune.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Children in Australia will hereafter
be obliged to attend school for eight
years.
Several young ladies from Indian
Territory will attend female college in
Huntsville. Ala, next season.
There are 6l0 Cinnamon on the rolls
OF she. Chinese Sunday-schools in New
York, and the average attendance ot
these reaches 33I. Forty of these sclsol-
als have confessed their faith in Christ
N. y. Independent
There has been a decrease in the
number of Presbyterian synods fronI
thirty-eight to twcnty-three. This is the
result 0f consolidation, in which the
synods have been made continuous with
the States. Detr0t1 Post
In the educational system of New
foundiand each important religious body
receives an.amount of money from the
Governrent Ijroporlionate 10 Hs NUM-
bers. Separate boards of education in
each district, and school inspectors apS
pointed by the Government respectively
from the Church Of England, Methodists
and Roman Catholics, emphasize this
difference in faith.-N. L. sun.
At the annual meeting of the Blue
Ribbon Gospel Temperance Society
held recently in London, ii was stated
that since the society had been organized
470, 900 pledge cards had been sent from
the headquarters to different parts of the
country. 1t was predicted that the time
was at hand when the drinking of spirit
Gus liquors would cease in the Unitcd
Kingdom.
Last April Mrs. Mary F. Henderson.
OF St Louis, offered prize TO the pupils
of Kirkwood Seminary for the best essay
on Common Sense About Women"
The ESSAYS were sent IN without names.
and Mrs. Henderson was tfie judge. The
girl who won the prize proved to be -
/ Cherokee Indian, who has since gradu-
ated and gone home TO the Territory TO
live.
The London PaH,MaH Gazette says:
Mr.. Moody, the American evangelist,
| has closed his visit to Scotland. In his
! last address, which was delivered at
/ Dumfries. he intimated that this Would
be his last visit to Scotland. He now
proceeds to the Continent, and after
/ spending some time there, will pay a
| Heightened visit to England On the
completion of his English programme.
/ he Will return TO America, where he in
tends to remain the rest of his life. On
this occasion his visit to Scotland has
! extended over nine months
An interesting meeting took place
at the Old Park Street Church, Boston,
/ on recent afternoon, to bid farewell to
! thirteen missionaries, who were soon to
sail for their respective destinations.
I For China--Mr and Mrs Charles ID. Ten
ney, and Mr. and Mrs. J. j. Atwood, to
/ Shan-See; Miss Alice b. Harris, TO Froo-
! Chow, and Henry p. Perkins, to lien
/ Tsin. For Bulgaria Mr.. and Mrs w
! w. Sleeper, to Shamokov, aud Miss b.
/ L. Spooner, to Monastir. For Mexico
The Rey. James ID. Eaton, TO Chihuahua.
! and Mr. and Mrs. John Rowland and
Miss Belle NJ. Haskins, to Guadalajara.
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Reason for Not Marrying.

cold Bach" who writes TO the New
York Sun, gives a reason why he is not
married, which is a reason. II am, y
he says, '.tkirty-five, an old bachelor.
they say; and have been wanting wife
these ten years. Some of my friends
suggest that want to marry rich, and
an too particular. Now do not object
~ riches if other things are all right.
.I5ut, honor bright, if / were to find a
woman who would bring nobler thoughts,
make me better man, think less OF
gossip about her neighbors, and more
about her own home affairs, woman
well educated and not helpless. should
like to marry her, even if she did not
own copper"
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A Story With a Moral,

Young woman, when your lover
writes and asks YOU To marry him, dom t
heat around the bush and say lot of
things that may mean anything or moth
ino: but if YOU are '.willin', - say yes"
without any trimmings. Spell the word
out: print it in big caps, if need be. 9th
erwise you may get into awful trouble
and have your heart wrenched and lac
Grated and suffer dreadful agonies, such
as young English girl is enduring at
the present moment. This foolish Great
ure lately received a proposal OF mar
riage from q gallant army officer, who
had been devoted in his attentions for
some months. Not wanting to appear
too eager. She dissembled. instead of say
ing frankly and honestly, Yes, of
course I'll have you. and glad of the
chance. She worded her acceptance
in such an equivocal manner that the
officer thought it was a refusal. In his
anger and despair his heart evidently
experienced what the novels call re-
bound. and bounded into the lap of a
charming widow She was experienced
and used plain language in the accept
anee of the gift, after which she went
over and told the first young lady of her
engagement. ..Why, he's engaged to
cNAtettlCtA bustO
then followed a scene in which fainting
and tears predominated. 1t is now ru-
mored that both the ladies are about TO
bring suits for breach of promise as soon
as the officer gets back from Egypt,
whittier he has fed. Perhaps he hopes
to be. drowned in the canal, or some
thing, and come back to England only
as cold corpse. 1t seems hardly nee
essary to tell this sad story for the bene-
MT OF american girls, as they have lib
eral education on all such matters. Some
oi them, indeed, it is said, cultivate the
virtue of frankness to such an extent
tnat their intentions are made known. to
tne matrimonial object before he has de-
ciared himself. However, there NAV be
some shy, unsophisticated creatures for
whom the unhappy fate of this English
glri will point a moral.-Ipdianapo
Joat,7sal
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= Indiana people are not easily run
over. Some of them were seated in a
buggy whichsthe hcrse had left ON the
railroad track just as the engine passed
that way. The engine caught the bug-
gy and pushed il along on the rails
broke the tlsilfs. smashed every ,vberi.
demolished the box and tore t6e tdash-
board to pieces. The man and woman
were thrown out. the woman under tbe
horse, but neither horse, man nor NO
man were injured.
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"A Buffalo gentleman waiting for a
train at Aylmer, Ont. saw woman
slip upon something and nearly fall. he
hurried to assist her and helped her to
rise, and as he did so she dropped a va
lise that proved to be his own, which he
had left in the depot few minutes be-
fore and which she was attempting to
steal.
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They were eating dinner and she
asked him how he liked the blanc mango.
IL tastes of the chimney" he said.
Then it ought to SCOT you,'' was her
answer. g will try to swallow it, he
reJoined, having the last word as usual
--2stroit Post
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THE HICKMAN COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,

By GEORGE WARREN, Hickman, Ky.
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Shakespeare is the name of a Phil
adelphia LAWYER whose specially is the
atrical litigation.
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Ia cIHLDis moor.

Et tAtfhesndof nc dag). Nsa ~
Iwant That rose the wind took Yesterday
Iwant II more than this:
II had no tiOrn-It WIS tho best that greg.
1want my last nigh Kiss,
want that butterfly s-ith spotted wings
That brushed acrs,ss my hand 4-
Last night between the sunset and the dew
Ii came from fairy land
tf-tf1f1 stesa-tst-' - ~ 1'~r-r-
Il would have stayed. guess. il wavcred 81,
Who're all thrse pahsics blsom;
They gave IL wings 70 get away from me,
lost it in the gloom,
~E~rF - -
And yesterday 4 he bees on all The u eads
OF clover~swung So slow.
l saw them take their honey; but to-day
They only sting aud 20.
That star. that always came before the moon,
Dropped out OF heaven Inst nj ht:
j hunted where | saw 1t fall-and found
worm with yellow light.
i want the sup 10 go aud Iet the dark
flfic everything away.
1i.as sss;,'- ,ssrts,ss i.,-s ga aIIfhc world
the win 4 took Yesterday.
Jtdes c. Marsh, In iYidc 4iodlse.
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