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THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD

awake and continue at their business OF praying
or studying That is why the murInur5 q yo lss
is never stilled in FL Azhar, gay s. ana '''eHt'
month after month, and year after year. 4.
;cct IL the student Of the University Of Cairo,
these the loestones that draw this concourse 50
fascinating TO both the psychologist ana TO 9, the
lover OF the picturesque. They spread them
selves out like some brilliant eastern carpet over
the dusty sunshinc;'o Of the central court, ana
over the cool interiors OF the piared Lawans'
Natives Of Bagdad and Of Siam, Berbers from re,
the Fourth Cataract and Africans 4 from the
Son,ali coast each in his peculiar and distinctive
costume. There are Syrians in baggy, trousers
and braided jackets, and swarthy Bedouins IN
flowing garments Of foot wide striped choco.
late and white material, Tho latter wear head
dresses Of the sarse stuf!R bound about the
brow with flct Of camees hair. Here Is cllls.
ter Of coal.black Nublans in flaming red and
yellow robes, there a knot Of Egyptiana in dull
blue and brown, 6o1ne wear scarlet fezes, but
the turban is the most common and distinctive
article Of Nlosem, dross They vie with the
rainbow in multitudnous colorings, and yet tho
one who knows cqns read in each tho religious
standing Of its wearer. The wide evenly folded
turban Of light color, denotes the clergy or Ula-
ma, While green is the color Of the descendants
OF the Prophet,
Religious standing| 81 Islam recognizes no
other distinction Of caste. \ Therefore the stu.
dents Of Gamia eAzhay are the moss demo.
cratic in the world, Here is stately Arab in
robe Of finely woven camels hair. BY his side
sits an Egyptian Of the lowest class in greasy
cottons. Rich and poor alike carry each his
Sleeps skin, his seat by day and his blanket by
night.
Nor does age afford any distinction. ElAzhar
has neither age limit nor entrance examinations.
So the boy Of seven is co.worker with the
youth Of twenty and the patriarch OF seventy.
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terror. These latter, moving al different veoe''
ties are known as waves Of frst and second phase
respectively. Those Of the first phase reach 9
speed at great depths Of more than six miles
ner second. and those of the second phase nearly
four miles PCT second
The deeper the path within the earth the faster
tho waye-up to q certain point, When ths earth
Quake tremors are coprsing through the globe At
a depth Of o4QO miles from the slriace-so that
thoy would come out over $50 degrees from the
place Of The shock--both kinds Of tFemoers are re-
tarded and come to the surface some eleven MN
r, b, Oldham, F, e. s., who brought this sub
TACT before the London Geological Society recently,
suggested that. az the depth named the waves
eutered the central core Of tho .eagb, where there
was rapid change In the nature OF the material,
Without advancing any hypothesis q ne ehafae'
ter Of this change, MI Oldham neg 4naE "
would have to be raakupcd with in any theory
Of ths earth. Thus at the centre o g the woF!a
mere re- would seem to be sphere 300 miles IN
differing In constitution or condition
4fg Tbe VII ii ,toric shock which in fyesmRutes de-
a royed Lisbon WAS followed by disturbances last
nn several months. After basel had been lald N
,n1 In 1856 lesser shocks eoatinued sor
, ,g,l Year. After the Calabran earthquake 81
1s57 the earth, it is said, did not come com
nla,ey 10 rest for ten yeays" These remarks re-
tar IN the main to distinct movements, pue y
hannens sometimes that the disturbances are 80
franuent as to keep up an almost eont'AIouss
rambling Of the ground, IN the New Aealana
e1arthnnnle 81 lS4e the shocks lasted for nea TX
Ave weeks and during a large portion 81 the time
0theye were at least 1000 day. says p eonse9p'
1 porary report, 3%B 5sf an il ll
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OIL1NG back Ii the cupaciots arms o
H. her parlor car chalr Mrs, Carpentesr
fNzS;,1 gazed listlessly out Of the rain-stteak
k4e9e3 ed window ut the ugly houses that
lined the elevated tracks blurred by
the mist the lights Of The city shone uncertainty
and the outlines Of the taller buildings aeetncd
10 melt away into the gloom. 3
I. As the train, drew ncnrstho big terminal the
porter, reused to action for the first time in an
hour, swoopcd In upon the passengers With his
wisk and collected upwards Of dollar In small
change. Then, radatng energy from every
muscle, he hustled the bags out on the platform
where he could rake them OF In rapid success.
sion. e
Slowly the long line Of cars wound its sinuors
way into the shed and with a slight jolt came
10 q stop. Mrs Carpenter rose YEARLY and
aligltcd. On the opposite track suburban train
was unloading crowd Of theatre gocrs md as
she heard the merry chatter Of the couples and
watched the solict,i,e with which the men es.
cortcd their companions Mrs. .Curpentcp quick
encd her steps To get away. She was seized with
that terrible loneliness which one sometimes
feels in q crowd OF strangers and which Is more
poignant thar. the solitude Of u desert.
Down the steps to the street the woman hur'
ried and made her way to a group OF cabs stand
ing under the porte cochcre. a driving rain
beat in under the roof and tho wind whipped
her skirts tight about her trim ankles. Holding
her nuttering wraps together che plunged into
the nearest vehicle, the door Of which n police,
man obligngly held open for her, and as she
disappeared within she called an address to the
cabman, wondering at the time If he heard it,
but as he whipped up his horte as soon as the
door was cosed she concluded that he had
For the first tin.cs since tina. morning, when
she had boarded the train at another city, the
woman was able to think quietly. The presence
OF the other passengers in her car had annoyed
her and If the compartment had not been taken
she would have engaged it herself It had
angcrcd her the more to think that che could
be SO easily disturbed; she whom her. friends
jokingy called the frozen Lad" Was i
sign that her nerves we're becoming unruly!
Here, in the stnfFy little cab, with its odo,
of leather and cheap upholstery enhanced BY
the dampness Mrs Carpenters thoughts ran
relentlcssly back over the year that had passed;
revolvcsl, With dstractns pcrsistency, around
events which she had striycn in vain to forget.
Fifteen years before, Mrs. Carpenter, then
Katherine Howison, had made her debut into
society which was waiting to do her homage.
Patrician aher finger tips, possessed OF really
brilliant beauty, which was piquant contrast 70
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swamp where large troop OF lions had
been seen some time before, but as the reed beds
by the swamp were very extensive we had little
hope Of coming across them In the daytime; how
ever, we resolved to stop for day and try our
luck,
Eventually got into broken gound-a mount
Of round, grassy hillocks. about 1000 yards from
Of one Of the hiocks when became aware Of Q
number Of yel!owish objects ON the top Of another
hill about 200 yards away. ! Looked through my
glasses and was astonished to find It WAS q
troop Of lions, five in all, apparently fast asleep,
7 had never expected to find them lying out in
the open like this, especially as there was such
splendid cover SO close at hand, However, there
they were, 30, after consultation with my gun
bearer, decided to make for another hlloek quite
closn to the Hons, which could reach without
being seen by them,
n I lost no time in getting there, and crawling
up to the top, looked over, ] got quite shock
on finding how near we, were. We could not
have been more than twenty-five yards from tbs
lions. The male lay on the very top Of the mound
facing me, and just below him was lionesa, slsG
facing in my direction, while just the other side
Of the lion were three females,
The lion wap. as l have said, lying facing me-
but, as good luck would have it, he suddenly
turned completely over and presented his bpel
to us. Here was my chance So, aiming at hls
spine pulled the trigger The effect was in
Simultaneous All five lions leaped to their feel
with angry growls and, after an instant's indie
cison, n,ade off In different directions, excepting
the lioness which had been lying closest to us
She evidently meant business, az, making hall
circuit Of the mound We We're on, she came
straight IN for us, ! had reloaded Ut once pnd
Aired at her q shs came round the foot Of thf
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"A p
EWl largest uniyereity in the world there
$3.50 would undoubtedly rise to the lips the
tttsasSsS2l name OF Oxford, Heidelberg, or some
other Of the European centres Of
learning It is something of a shock to discover
that the worlds largest university is at Cairo
the capital of Egypt that country deprived Of
scli-goyernment, and regarded with contempt oy
the more enlightened nations.
Yet this is not SO startling when we remind
ourselves Sthat Gama el-Azhar is MoAainme.
dan University for the study Of the Koran, that
Mohammedanism or El.Isam, is the most wide
" spread: Of religions, and that Cairo is at the
very heart ,of. the region which at the hyc daily
hours of prayer resounds with the cry OF Allah
Akbar. 4.
The Mosaue of Gama el.Azhar is one Of the
oldestfin the lworld The founding, in 500 a.
D., Of Cairo itself, OF Cairo that the Arabs call
"Aiisr-al:Ka preceded its building by but
a few years In OBS A. D., the Fatimite ruler
Khalif el.Azz converted it into university.
With the passing centuries Sultans of'many dy-
nasties have added to 1t. And ever, alike in
war as in peace, in famine and prosperity, its
courts have re-ecboed the 1nurmur OF student
voices and it's teachers, from generation to gen
Grafton, have handed down the traditional learn
ing OF the followers Of Mohpmned, Not teach
ers only they, but exhorters, Gamin bel-Azhar
has sent out many prophet leader, and fired
the zeal of millions OF warrior fanatics. This
very wear new Mosem star may come out OF
And vet the Cairo of today means to many
people only winter garden for their plea surlng'
The idle rich Of two hemispheres, ard the para
sites who feed on them come in Partisan cos
tunes to drive along its wide and shaded poule'
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by a tiger, On examining 1t found
the animal hadsi neck sbroksn and there were
claw marks on tho nosssnd shoulder, but nowhere
else. There was no. doubt that the tiger had
jumped at the bull and landed on the shoulder
and when the bYll tl4qed5his head to gore the
tiger he must have put his claw out and with a
sudden jerk broken the neck.
On another occasion went to see a young
buffalo which had been killed by tiger and
found tho same thing had happened. There We're
similar marks on tho nose and also on the near
shoulder, (which clearly Indicated that this AMI,
NAL had been killed in the same way, Malays
who have actually seen tiger killing a buffalo
told me that they saw the same thing happen,
also that in dragging of q heavy carcass, such
as buffalo or bull, he gets most Of the weight
across his shoulder.
This must be fairly correNt as have often fol-
lowed kill, and the marks left indicated that
only a portion Of the animal was trailing along
the ground have known a fa!l-grown bull which
ten men could not move dragged for two miles
drawn by tiger in'a jungle, where roots Of trees
and swamp had 70 DO gone through, In no case
have seen the pug marks facing the wrong way
exespt when stopping to feed, which proves he
must carry a portion Of the animal over his
shoulder
The old idea OF a tiger killing large game by q
blow from his paw is nonsense, besides in his
assault tiger never faces his prey, but attacks
him on the flank, unless charged Another Curl
ous fact that may seem very like Q fairy tale is
that tiger does not seem to mind small lamp
being tied over kill about ten feet high, but
will come and feed, ! have known three occa.
sions when this has been tried, and each time
tiger hos come to feed upon the eafeass,
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Men Famous at Seventy

EOPLE are very fond Of talking about
the present as being the age Of the
young man. The old man, they de-
clare, has had his day, Youth ia now
q - ha h O In 5000 A1..hLs
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Queer Punishments

NAVAL officers do not always mete out
~ TO the men the punishmcnts laid down
~ in the regulations. They frequently
fSiat adopt punishments OF their own inyen-
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were nearing the end Of our shoot,
and. although we had one fairly well,
we had not as yet seen any signs ot
lion, We happened to arrive at
sun mn ,xhnre n large tr0op OF lions had
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supper that took place few weeks before at
which the guest Of honor was notorious comic
opera favoritc and the host was Colonel Carpen'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
Ouakes and Earth Waves

,HEN an earthquake happens on any part
Of the globe notice is received at distant
places by three kinds OF waves set up
a in the earth, one going around the sur,
fnce and two others through the in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
IS

, anyone should ask what was the
largeat university in the world there
would undoubtedly rise to the lips the
name Of Oxford, Heidelberg, or some
A4har &c 4ho Eirrnnean. cnntrnS z of
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How Tigers Kill Their Prey

N HAVE taken considerable trouble to find
5I| how tigers kill large game, Some time
"a ago N'aa asked to come and see full,
~ grown bullock that had been killed
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OLI1NG back ii the cupacious arms o.
her parlor car chnlr, Mrs Carpenter a1'' s
gazed istle.sly out Of the rain-stteak.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30

who had shufled in from somewhere
out Of the black night. He stopped in
front of the place and read the at
tractive offer that Was portrayed on
the banner. AS the stroller conclud-
ed reading he thrust his right hand
into a pocket Of his frayed trousers.
OF years he had perhaps attained 40,
and the finger of time had not dealt
gently with him. for his face was
scanned with wrinkles and he looked
careworn. His clothing was tattered
and his linen-if a grimy shirt that
had not seen a laundry in some weeks
might be so dignified-had seen long
usage; his straw hat had great rents
in the crown, through which protrud-
ed an occasional lock of rusty, un-
kempt hair; his coat was shiny and
worn at the cuffs and elbows; the bot
toms of his trouser legs, too, were
badly frayed and "scuffed" out by the
frequent contact of his ankles, and
through holes in a pair of mismated
shoes could be seen more than a sus.
picion of bare toes. His beard was
unkempt and his hands and face were
guiltless Of any recent acquaintance
with soap and water.
After a moments meditation the
hobo drew his hand from his pocket,
deposited its contents into his left
hand and then began a systematic
! search of his other pockets. The re-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
HE MADE THE OPPORTUNITY
How Educator Succeeded In Desire
to Address Students.

A distinguished educator of Boston,
who once visited a western college
during examination week, was, for
some reason or other, not asked to
address the students, as he had ex-
pected he would be. In chapel he
was merely requested to lead in pray
er, which he did in this wise:
BE pleased, rather in Heaven, to
guide the steps of the president of
this college. Thou knowest that he
was a clasmate of Thy servant, a
graduate of the class Of 'S4, taking
high honors. Thine eye hath looked
with favor upon the happy choice that
resulted in his appointment, with the
consent of the trustees, as the head
Of this institution. Thou knowest
that the students of this college ought
to look upon him as a friend as we'll
as their president. Thou knowest
that thy servant is well pleased with
the high standards Of scholarship
here prevailing and with the right
eousness and loyalty Of the stu
dents"
Finally, to the intense delight OF
the students, the visitor concluded his
prayer as follows:
"And I thank Thee for this oppor'
tunity to address the students OF this
college,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
Mrs Fannie D.Ex

So-called wandering pains" may
come from its early stages. or the
presence of danger may be made mani
fest by p~rofuse monthly periods, accom-
panied by unusual pain, from the
abdomen through the groin andthighs.
If you have mysterious pains, if there
are indications of Inflammation or dis
placement, secure a bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound right
away and begin its use.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, will
give you her advice if you will write
her about yourself. She is the daugh-
ter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and
for twenty-five years has been advising
sick women free of charge.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
~ take the liberty to congratulate you on
the success l have had with your wonderful
medicine. Eighteen months ago my periods
stopped. Shortly after I felt SO badly that
/ submitted to a thorough examination by a
physician and was told that I had a tumor
and would have to undergo an operation.
"Soon after I read one of your advertise
ments and decided to give Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound q trial. After
taking five bottles as directed the tumo- is
entirely gone. I have been examined by a
physician and he says ! have no signs Of a
tumor now. 1t has also brought my periods
around once more, and / am entirely
well."-Fannie D. Fox, 2 Chestnut Street,
Bradford, Pa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30

The medding societies fall back on the old Balzacian notion that
all a literary man wants for a wife is an ilherate woman who is a good
cook and knows just enough to find his sGppers-a sort of Marguerite
married-and-settled who plays the dea-ex-machina that he may be left
alone to commune with Helen of Troy in his poems.
But this also does not fit, 70. the oriental woman is in no way il
ltcrate; nay, even if she knows not to reador write, she holds the "high-
err education Of thousands Of years, when we were savages, and though
she has attained by different process she has attained.
1t is her heritage OF centuries Of holiness, reverence, poetic
in the silence.
She is like a flower Of the forest and has unfolded without our e-
fort and struggle. The sectional bookcase Of her mind was not pur-
chased.
But she must keep oriental and live in seclusion even il the poet
bring his treasure home-her wells must not be lifted to the crowd or
the bloom will be brushed from the lily.
Put her into corsets, tight boots, high heels and the strenuous, and
they will soon have her lecturing at womans clubs on Woman Is No
Rest-C Cure for Mani"
She has always been taught the hottest thing in the world is for a
woman to be absorbed in her husband, to be both goddess and slave.
1t isd difficult for her to adapt herself to dead level Of equality.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30
o o NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine so Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes It hard
TO keep awake and do things in day
time. To take "tonics and stimu.
Iants'' under such circumstances Is
like setting the house on fire to see
II you a put 1t out.
The right kind of food promotes re-
freshing sleep at night and a wide
awake Individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way Of
eating, to Grape-Nuts. and says:
For about, three, years I had been
a great sufferer from indigestion.
After trying several kinds Of medi
cine, the doctor would ask me to droE
of potatoes, then meat, and so on,
but in a few days that craving, gnaw.
ing feeling would start up, and
would vomit everything I ate and
drank.
"When I started on Grape-Nuts
vomiting stopped, and the bloatine
feeling which was so distressing dis
appeared entirely.
my mother was very much both
cred with diarrhea before commenc'
ing the Grape-Nuts, because her stom'
ach was SO weak she could not digest
her food. Since using Grape-Nuts she
il well, and says she don't think she
could live without 1t.
1T is a great brain restorer and
nerve builder, for I can sleep as sound
and undisturbed after q supper Of
Grape-Nuts as In the old days when
/ could not realize what they meant
by a bad stomach" There - no
medicine SO beneficial to nerves and
brain as a good nights sleep, such az
you can enjoy after eating Grape
Nuts"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek Mich.
J There's . reason"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30

Observation-Disclosures ramblers in
this great city need go home
hungry, if they feel the pangs of appe-
title demanding food before they retire
and are fearful lest the pantry at
home will not furnish material for a
smack" There are in the borough
nearly, If not fully, 100 all-night restau-
rants-places that never close their
doors. OF course, that number is
small when compared with the list
of all-night Joints" in Manhattan, but
Brooklyn is essentially a city of
homes, and the wonder is that so
many places find it profitable to keep
open day and night.
Naturally the summer season is the
best for this class of restaurants. The
surrounding beaches attract multi.
tudes of visitors at night, and the late
trol!eys carry full loads to various
parts of the borough. With its vast
network of street railways, Brooklyn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-30

'silverware" so worn that the brass
beneath is plainly visible, but the
"soft-shells" are done to a turn, and
although the place may have no sa-
loon license, one can always get a
bottle of cold beer to wash down the
succulent sea-food. Steaks, chops and
eggs, too, are always in good demand,
and to the really hungry man they un.
doubtedly taste better thar the light.
er foods.
At one restaurant a sign informs
the passer-by that:
For supper we give beefsteak, pota-
toes, bread and butter, a cup of tea or
coffee, one kind of sauce or jelly, a
plate of cakes and syrup, all for 20
cents.
careworn Knight Of the
Road Seeks His Supper.
At the door of this place was no.
ticed a queer specimen of humanity,