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HN EGYPT
By FRANK G. CARPENTER.

haps the strongest force among these
people in Egypt. Ninety-two per cent
of the inhabitants of the Nile Valley
are Mohammedans and the most Of
the native officials have been edu-
Gated here. There are at least $4,000
men in the public service among its
graduates, and the judges of the viii
lagos. the teachers in the mosque
school and the Imans Or priests who
serve throughout Egypt are connected
with it. They hold the university in
the highest regard and an order from
its professors would be as much, if
not more respected, than one from
the khedival government.
The education in this university is
almost altogether Mohammedan. Its
curriculum is about the same it was a
thousand years ago, and the chief stu
dies are the Koran and koranic law.
together with the sacred traditions Of
the religion and perhaps a little gram
mar, prosody and rhetoric. Within the
past few years there have been at
te1npts to extend it's sphere, and it
now has thirteen government profess
sors. but their teaching is done out
side the university itself. A number
Of the professors are also teaching in
the government schools connected
with the Mosques of the Egyptian viii
lagos, but even there the Koran. takes
I'D half the time and religion is far
more important b science.
How the Egyptians Study Their Bible.
Indeed it is wonderful how much
time the Egyptians spend on their BIZ
BILE The Koran is their primer, the
frsL and second reader and also their
college text book AS soon as a baby
is born. the call to PRAYER is shouted
in its ear. and when it begins to speak
It's father teaches it to say the creed,
which runs somewhat as follows:
Their is no God but God: Moham-
med Is the Apostle of God" and also
Wherefore exalted be God, the King,
the Truth There is no God bat He.
The Lord of the Glorious Thronet"
When the boy reaches five or six
years of age he starts to the mosque
school and there squats down, cross
legged, and sWayS to and fro as he
Yells aloud the texts of the Koran. he
studies the alphabet by writing with
a black brush texts on a slate of wood
10 year committing the Koran to
memory There are now more than
two hundred thousand pupils in the
Egyptian schools, of whom a major
ity are under thirteen years of age.
! BY a recent census it was found that
over fifty thousand of these BOYS
could recite a good part of the Mo-
hammedan bible and that forty-flve
hundred had memorized the whole
from beginning to end. Another for
ty-fiye hundred were able to recite one
half of 1t from memory, while thirty
eight could correctly give
three-fourths of it. When it is remem-
bered that the Koran contains one
hundred and fourteen divisions and in
the neighborhood of eighty Thousand
words. it will be seen what this means
l venture to say there are not four
thousand children in the United
States who can reel off the New Tesla
ment without looking at the book
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EHE WORLDS GREATEST NOLAN
AEDAN UNIVERSITY AND ITS
NINE THOUSAND STUDENTS.

Queer Studies in 2 College Where the
Teachers Work Without Pay-HoU
he Egyptians Memorabilia Their
Rible-Ivhat the Government Is Do
ing-In the Vigilance SchOols-Fe-
t-male Observation-Disclosures Schools
and cfo Of Agriculture-Egypt;s
New National University Soon to Be
O<ghuItzed-
Copyright 1907 by Frank G.. Car
penter-)
CAIRO.
I have just returned from a visit tc
ne biggest university of the Moham-
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drive them o if him. Like the innocent young colt. the maured horse wonders at the
strange order of things Perhaps he thinks he is being punished for some ofnse he
has committed.
lie Is compelled to stand very still, wing to the weight of meta in his mouth
resting on his mder lowe jaw. If he could, only for change get his head a little
higher occasionally, it would rest him, but. the marhngale prevents that With back
aching and the endons in his leg tnobbng as the result of the manner in whch the
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1t is hardly necessary to write anything to s. with this cartoon, FOR every reader
hGby can draw a better opinion than the writer can frame in words as to what
e young colt saying to himself, if animals cn think. 1t would be quhe natural
kwardL.
The horse himself at aloss to know why he is checked so high aud why he must
dWe IN ormp strain on his back He still switches at flies but his tail fails tic
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scientific and literary.
doors will be wide open .#
OF learning. irrcspcctlFe .
or religion
FRANK {; can.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-17
DRIVER DRUNK. HOl.~i JILL.
Man Drou ned and Town
Five Thousand I'".a

Windsor, y. e. -0
been entered aga5gHt
Windsor for $1,000
drowning Of John
last year.
1t will be rcucw bore"
was drowned in tha
the Windsor bridga.
time last year. H@
horse and is said 70
ing. We also heaF
blind. Manning bud
the edge OF the river
unhurt. MIR. -. Ls"#
sents Manning ane
Mathews and w i-
sent the town.
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distort horses as they do7
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
5 A WOMAN'S
}CURIOSITY;
( By coRNELxA REDMOND
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Copyright, by Joseph 3. Bowles.)

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Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
1t all occurred during the couple OF
days that I happened to spend in the
town during the middle of last sum
mer. had been visiting some friends
In the western part of the state and
was on my way to join my mother at
a little place on the coast of Maine.
MY brother Fred was in possession of
the town house, and thought I would
stop there for the purpose of putting
some necessary repairs on my ward
robe
Fred was very glad to see me, but
before had been in his presence halt
an hour l had noticed that he was
strangely preoccupied, and altogether
quite unlike his usual laughing self.
He. tried at first to evade my ques-
tons, but ended by confessing all. 1t
was as I had suspected; he was in
love. OF course, the object of his ado
ration was young, beautiful and clever.
was obliged to listen patiently to a
lengthy eulogy on her PROJECTIONS be-
;; fore could extract any definite facts
in regard to her I finally learned
that Fred had met her early in the
summer while on a visit to an old
college chum who had a place some
where on Long Island. The young
lady in question was friend of the
chum's wife, and happened to be stay.
ing with them at the same time.
gradually drew from my brother that
he had repeated his visit to his
friends place more than once, and
that he had since made flying trips
to Lake George, where the young lady
had gone for the remainder of the
summer.
II wish you could meet her, Alice, ~
he said, enthusiastically; II am sure
you two would just suit one another.
BY the way, her brother is boarding
next door. Nice fellow l visit him
quite often of an evening in his top
story front room. He has pretty pic:
ture of her on his writing table," and
the young man laughed softly to him
self. Helen is her name," he added,
presently, "Helen Preston. I don't
think have told you before. Pretty
name, don't you think 500"
OF course, l agreed.
That evening Fred told me that he
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stinctively to her mothers friend, who
encouraged all her condolences, and
who had petted, spoiled and loved her
all her life.
After Frederic Smith came out from
Louisville for his vacation, even Aunt
Jane saw a change in her favorite,
until she came one day, all smiles and
bushes, and told her of her promise
to marry Fred, and of how very, very
happy she was. Fred came that even
ing looking very proud and handsome,
as he told the same story.
They were not to be married for a
year, and in that time Fred would
have established his practice, as Kate
said, with youthful confidence.
Then came the quarrel and the en-
gagement was broken. She had given
him his ring and said she never want.
ed to hear from him again.
And so, after two years absence
Frederic Smith came riding down the
road, and paused at last at a tiny
vine-covered cottage. A woman OF
uncertain age, but whose hair was al
most white, was gathering roses in
the garden.
The young man threw the lines over
a post and was at her side in a mo
ment, a glow of genuine pleasure in
his face and shining from his gray
eyes, .. -<~ r. ~
aunt Jane, I am SO glad to see
you,p he cried, '.and you look. just a.
you did two years ago; how have YOU
been all these long weeks?" 4
d: She answered that she had been a.
well as usual, and then they sat doW1
ION the vine-coyered porch for an old
time chat. She asked of his life ant
his practice ia the two years he hae
Ibeen away. but through al, there
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smile. what is it, Velista; have you
thought of anything?"
My cousin" she began, hesitating-
~, wrote about little party they
had lately at M. If you can't think
of anything"
'Felista, who would have dreamed
of your proving such treasure? You
who never go anywhere. Tell US
about it, quick
Felista looked somewhat overcome,
but went on to give them an account
in connection with her cousins letter.
There was unanimous aye vote in
favor Of Velista's letter, and they set
about Constructing the idea," as
Della expressed it, affirming that if
they only executed faithfully" it
would certainly be success.
In the Journal, the following week
appeared a neat little announcement.
"A Basket Party!" all exclaimed;
what is that?'
No one knew. All that could be
learned was that the young ladies had
offered to furnish the next entertain
1nent for the Social Circle
The Thursday evening at last ar
rived, also goodly company; the
''old folks to see how the young
folks would make out; - the boys to
see what was up" and to have a
good share of the fun, if any was to
be had; Mr.. Story the stationer, to
find out what had been done with so
much tissue paper; and all were burn.
ing up with curiosity.
All that met their wide-awake eyes
was a few tables, chairs, settees, and
white curtains each side of the
room.
The notice had read proceeds to
be sent to the orphans home" and
Don't see where any proceeds are to
come FROM" passed from one to an.
other, with disappointing glances at
the curtained platform.
Wonder what the tables are for?'
Suddenly burst upon the air the in.
spring strains Of 1--WE Won't Ga
Home Till Morning. and portion OF
the white curtain on the left, furled
and revealed the orchestra-home tai
ent under an arch of red, white and
blue.
Somebody started a march, and in
the midst Of this the music stopped
with crash, and down came the cur
tain on the right, and there on the
tables, against the wall and suspend
ed in the afr were baskets, baskets
everywhere; tns 81 !
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An Enjoyable
Event
By MABEL CLIFFORD.
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles. }

Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Dear me! wish we might have a
little change. Tea parties are pleas.
ant enough, to be sure, but tea parties
every two weeks all winter every win
ter, dear metz
The speaker, young girl, was
standing by window in a pretty par
for, looking out to spy the next arrival
and looking in at the four already as
sembled.
She was agreeable to look at, with
her neat dress and smooth hair and
what one would call common
sense face
A bright face it was, and every one
felt better for glimpse at it.
Della Stuart was practical, as you
might surmise, and when she said
dear me-" she meant it.
Here come Alta Moore and Velista
Graves! Now we shall hear the latest
invention for entertainments and
Della eagerly joined the group and
looked expectantly toward the door.
"Oh, Alta, we are so glad you have
come; you are just in time to save us
from despair. We have been ransack-
ing our brains and all in vain, for
something new. We are so tired of
the regulation tea party. Do tell me
how they amuse themselves in H.
Tail, dignifed Alta swept into a
comfortable chair and leaned back
leisurely, surveying the group little
patronizingly, but she had nothing to
offer
Velista Graves moved uneasily and
opened her lips several times as if to
speak, and then shrank back.
Veista was one of the mortals who
seldom have anything to offer, but
stand ready to follow another's lead
Eelista was very necessary in every
society. This Velista was thin and
pale. and seemed always to be shrink
ing out of sight.
The next time she made her timid
attempt to speak Della spied her, and
encouraged her with her cordial
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The:.End Of
Two Ronlances
By ANNA DEMING
Copyright, by Joseph q. Bowles.)

Copyright, by Joseph 3. Bowles.)
The dusty road came horse so SLOW
y that his feet scarcely made a sound,
while the rider idly held the lines in
his passive hands and let the horse
take his own gait.
Judging by his distracted look, the
beauty of the day made no impression
upon him. except in a general way;
he wore dark gray travelling suit
md a soft felt hat was pushed back
On his head, showing broad brow
and clear cut face, from which looked
honest gray eyes that had very sad
expression just now.
He was thinking of a time two
years before when he had ridden down
this same road, and by his side a
slender, graceful girl, whose laughing
piquant face was raised to his own
and whose dark eyes were, he thought
the most beautiful in the world.
Life seemed very bright then, but
now-how the old world had changed!
Two years before, Frederic Smith
NJ. D. had come down to this quiet
neighborhood with a college friend
to fish, hunt, and otherwise spend
proftably a few weeks vacation.
He was just out of a medical school
had comfortable fortune in his own
right, friends by the score and a con
tented disposition; what more could a
young man wish for? Alas! After two
short weeks in Bloomwell, all this
changed, and he knew that the things
to him now.
What use fortune, with only him
self to support; what use to win {
name as a prominent physician, there
was no one to share the honor of such
a position. So he argued to himself
and all because one dark-eyed CIR
laughed at all his compliments, tolt
comical stories of other young M. D. S
and openly declared that young me1
with money seldom won eminent posi-
tons.
Kate Allen was the only child O.
Judge Alien, lawyer OF BlOOmWell,
rich, contented country gentleman
who enjoyed his money, his home, hi
fine Kentucky horses, and most of all
his pretty daughter Kate, who since
her mothers death, had been his con
slant companion.
Then there came a time when Mis-:
Kate's face seemed to take different
expression, and even Aunt Jane Aus
ten, a quiet, little old maid, whose
place adjoined the judges, saw and
felt the change.
Aunt Jane had known her since
she lay in her arms tiny, laughing
baby, when she had spent many hap
py days with Kate's mother, who was
her dearest friend, and after the child
was left motherless. she turned in
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Mental Medicine.

'*Speaking of mental medicine" said
a Washington. business man the other
day, Il knew a somewhat eccentric
physician who recently died who
would order patients to take walks
say, daily, on the left side of the
street, returning by the other side;
another he would order to arise each
morning at a certain hour and eat
cheese with ginger beer; another to
take supper precisely at midnight, and
eat only apples: or he would instruct
the patient to put just so many grains
of salt on the egg he was to eat
and part his hair in a different way
each day. His object was to get the
mind Of the patient on something
else than symptoms, and this scheme
worked we'll in many cases, especially
when the patient was suffering from
melancholia.
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watching me, I walked 4 little way u
the street, and then when I thought
he would probably have relaxed his
T vigilance, returned and rang our
own door bell. Fortunately Fred had
not yet returned, and old Mary, who
let me in, was satisfied with the ex
PLANTATION that I had gotten locked
out I went directly upstairs, closed
the scuttle-way and retired to my
own room, but it was hours before
could get to sleep, for my evenings
experience had made me almost hys
terical.
Fred could not understand why in
sisted upon starting off for Maine the
next morning, instead of staying owe,
another day as had originally intend
ed. He said that he had asked Mr.
Preston to come in to dinner that even
ing to meet me, at which information
I turned cold, and decided that should
any untoward accident interfere with
my departure, I should retire to my
own room with sudden and violent
headache.
Fortunately I got of by the ter
o'clock train, and late that evening
arrived at my destination.
Three weeks later Fred wrote us
that he was engaged, and early in DC
tober mother and I betook ourselves
to Boston, where the Prestons lived
to be present at the wedding.
I found Helen even prettier thar
her picture, and as Fred had predict
ed, she and I at once became the best
of friends
Her brother was formally presented
to me the day before the wedding
when we had all gone to look at the
presents, and I saw in moment that
he had no suspicion Of my identity
with the sneak thief to whom he hac
given five-dollar gold piece.
My subsequent intercourse with
him did not by any means lessen my
admiration for big men, and at the
end of a year there was another mar
riage between the two families.
It was only after we had been en-
gagged several weeks, and under prom
Use of strictest secrecy that I con
fessed to my lover that it was I whom
he had conducted down the stairs Of
his boarding house, and let out at the
front door on that memorable sum
mer evening.
He laughed heartily when he re
called the conversation that had pass
ed between us, and to this day con
tinues to remind me of the Difficult
ties into which my woman's curiosity
led me-
AS for the gold piece, my husband
has had the date of our first meeting
engraved upon it, and always wears
it upon his watch chain.
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It is the worlds misfortune

It is the worlds misfortune that
Shakespeare had no Boswell. One
anecdote about him and one saying
of his are all that have come down
to us of his personal talk. We know
as much of Virgil, who was born &c
B. c.; we know far more OF Dante
who died in the early years of the
fourteenth century, and Shakespeare
has not yet been dead 800 years.
The Reader.
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Women Would Make Chance.

At recent meeting Of the women
Liberals Of England one of the speak.
ers called attention to the fact that
in a time of peace the country was
spending so,ooo,oo0 pounds annually
on potential war, and only 15,00o0o0
pounds on education. .*When We are
really tvilized, q she said, the hgures
will BE- reverse z
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Not for Him.
Mrs. Housekeep-"Ill give you a
good meal if you'll light the fire in the
range for me- s....>
Weary Walker-"All right, lady,"
Mrs Housekeep-"Here's a Ratchet.
then. Just chop some Of the wood
and -" <.. ~. + !, =, =,
+ Weary Walker-"oh, lady, thought
it :wuz a gas range yer had. SO long
You may say what you please, but It
pays better.to say what pleases other
people.
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had an engagement with Mr.. Preston
which he could not very we'll break,
and asked me if I would mind being
left alone for couple of hours told
for with Mary, our old cook in the
kitchen, I should have not the slight
est fear.
AZ he left me 1 watched him from
the front window. He sprang lightly
up the steps of the next house, from
whence I saw him emerge in few
moments accompanied by a man taller
than himself The two started up the
street together and I followed my
brothers tall friend with my eyes I'M
| til he was lost to view in the deepen
| ing twilight, for like all little women
l have always had fancy for big
| men.
Then began to think how I should
pass the evening. It was too warm to
! light the gas and settle down to any
regular occupation, and it was too
early to go to bed. Finally remember
ing what had heard. that the people
in tenement houses do on warm even
ings, sought the roof top, where, to
my delight, a faint breeze was to be
| felt.
I sat down with my back against a
tall brick chimney and began to count
the stars as they appeared one by
| one. I very soon exhausted this occu.
patton, or rather the occupation very
soon exhausted me, and then my
thoughts drifted back to all that my
brother had been telling me about the
girl to whom he had lost his heart
OF course he thought her pretty and
all that, but wondered whether ]
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At Dinner,

At Dinner.
Mrs. John-"John, why are you eat
ing so fast? Don't you know it's in
jurious?" T.
John-''Yes, but want to finish the
book I'm reading
j Mrs. John-"What's the name OF
IT," - x
why, er 'Howsto Aid Diges-
!: Jon BY Properly Masticating the
ssedAafe the meek Tor they get
their work III lust 1e same #ssss5s
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Noble Critic.
Seasoned Publisher-My reader re-
ports that your manuscript is. worth
less-he is very fine critic, sir.
Aspiring Author :Er-did your read
er ever write a novel? -.,:
Seasoned Publisher No; but he has
Is, turned down hundreds Of EN-. ;. -
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f. . !G$ &s.ss; a. .ES'} e,
zs Z. s Married Man Knew n Il s 4: !:
nderful, said the professor, lis
tbs the {. strength Of the human jaw:
ND ND q aldded narried man
thin ksof It's tire essness 81
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man. and he added aside to Aunt Jane:
Il have some business with MN, TOO,
young scoundrel.''
Don't kill him, Fred" said she, ''for
after all, he is Kate's property, and
she is fond Of him.
Looking at it in that light, laughed
Fred, 'I shall deal with him most ten
Derby"
So remounting his horse he rode
slowly down the pike, the small, black
negro at his side, who told of how he
| had lost, the last letter sent to Miss
| Kate and fearing to tell him, had in
vented the story of it's delivery and
her answer
"Well, it is all right now" said Fred,
after making the young negro solemn
~ promise to stick to the truth in the
future. But that first young story of
yours made lots of trouble"
| A few days later Kate came home,
and I know the unhappy mistake was
+ made right at last, forI saw the young
lovers standing side by side in Aunt
+ James flower garden, and Kate was
:pinning rose on F'red's coat, and /
F knew from their faces that their love
story had, after all, had a happy end.
ing, or rather, a beginning
I Aunt Jane sat on the vine covered
porch, and near her Fred's partner, a
handsome man OF SO, and they seemed
to be in most earnest conversation,
which r afterwards better understood,
for Aunt James romance, after 20
years ot Waiting was st last com