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Scenes
f N formally instituting Mohammed
V. sultan of Turkey by investing
him with the sacred sword of
Osman at the Ayoub mosque
some curious customs of much, an
tiquity were observed. . On the other
hand, there were changes in" the order
of the ceremonies which signified that
a new era for the Ottoman empire had
dawned. For instance, Christians were
for the first time admitted to the small
mosque attached to Ayoub mosque and
allowed to see the ceremony of girding
the sword of Osman upon the sultan.
Among the thirty persons present were
Bucknam Pasha, an American, who
has a high post in the Turkish navy,
and Woods Pasha, an Englishman,
They were impressed with the beauty
and solemnity of the ceremony, which,
with the chants of the priests, lasted
only twenty minutes.
The sultan went in a launch from
his residence, the Dolma-Bagtsche pal
ace, to the Ayoub mosque, named aft
er the standard bearer of the prophet
Mohammed, where he drew the scimi
ter of his ancestor, Osman I., the
founder of the Ottoman empire, from
its sheath, and, standing in the square
in front of the group of buildings
called the sublime" porte, he raised the
weapon on high and took possession of
the Turkish empire.
The action of the sultan was follow
ed by an outburst of shouting from
the people massed beyond the lines of
the surrounding troops, together with
a fanfare of trumpets and a rattle of
musketry as the soldiers fired a salute,
but above all this noise rose sharp and
clear the voices of a chorus of school
boys chanting Midhat Pasha's "Hymn
of Liberty."
The scene was a strange mixture of
historical eastern observance and mod-.
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EXTERIOB AND INTERIOR OP THE AYOUB
MOSQXJE.
era western civilization. Mohammed
V., the first sultan,in four cenjaaries
who has had blue eyes and fairj hair,
wore a western uniform of olive green
khaki. He is also .-the first beardless
ruler of his line. He wears a pointed
mustache: Within sight of the square
were the Byzantine walls of the city
and the Genoese tower of St. Sophia.
His majesty stood upright in an open
carriage fresh from a .Paris factory
and raised with a dignified gesture'
the ancient sword, worn by thirty-four
of hisancestors since the conquest of
Constantinople.
In addition to the Sheik-ul-Islam and
..the ulema of the two higher grades,
there stood near Mohammed repre
sentatives of the principal religions, of
the empire. These were the Greek
patriarch, the chief Jewish rabbi,
three leading Armenians and repre
sentatives of the Bulgarian exarchate
nd the Gregorian Protestants. The
old Moslems in the crowd were aston-.
ished to see these despised individuals
sharing in the ceremony, but only
loyal cheers resounded as the sultan
replaced the historic weapon, with its
hilt of sparkling jewels, in the scab
bard, and the procession moved on
ward. Although the Young Turk party is
now. restored to power in the govern
ment at Constantinople, there is fear
that the end of the troubles which have
attracted . the attention of the whole
civilized world is not-yet in sight. The
new ministry "which has come into
power with Sultan Mohammed V
stands for modern ideas in govern
ment, the suppression of outrages
based on racial and religious animosi
ties and the administration of the im
perial authority in the interests of all
subjects of the empire. But will the
new regime at Constantinople be able
to enforce its program through the por
tions of the sultan's realm where in
tolerant and bloody hordes of followers
of Islam have for centuries been ac
customed to persecute and plunder the
Christian natives almost at will?
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It Is a far cry from the now popular
"peach basket" hat of the spring of
1909 to the hat worn by the African
beauty shown in the accompanying'
group. The pretty American In the
peach, basket would scorn to claim re-
THE EVOLUTION OF THE "fEACH BASKET."
lationship with the African belle pic
tured with her, but the relationship
between the things they wear as cov
ering for their heads is too evident
too need explanation. The question
arisesTWhether the peach basket should
be considered an evolution from the
hat worn by the colored sister or an
instance of operation of the Darwinian
theory of reversion of types.
The African lady who is wearing so
gracefully the latest in millinery con
trivances to attain vogue In her cir
cles is a leader of society in German
East Africa. In all probability the
hat cost her husband or father an ox,
three goats, fourteen yards or so of
flannel and a string or two of beads.
The shape, the trimming, even the
gratified smile of the wearer, are the
same substantially as may be seen on
the principal avenues of the leading
American cities. Jt only goes to show
that one touch of nature, especially
feminine nature, makes the whole
world kin. This style of hat may be
trimmed with delicate reeds or long
grass or perhaps with orchids, dried
and pressed. The African milliner
who made the hat for the dusky beauty
must have had a sign swinging in, the
tropical breeze reading something like
this: "Mile. Hortense Un-Ga-Balo, Re
cently of the Rue de la Paix, Parisk'
One of the interesting episodes in
the annual parade of the New York
police department recently was the
part in it taken by the famous dog
detectives of the force. The police
dogs were held in leash by men who
walked with them, and they- were also
muzzled. But they did not act as if
they needed to be restrained. On the
contrary! they marched along if a dog
can be said to march with becoming
dignity and decprum, and the applause
which was bestowed on them as the
procession moved between the lines of
people crowding the sidewalks on each
side was enthusiastic. Every one had
heard of the remarkable performances
of the dogs In detective work or In
saving life and was anxious to get--a
NEW YOBffs POIilCE DOGS OS PARADE.
glimpse of them." Ordinarily the dogs
might have barked a bit in recognition
of their admirers, but as members of
the force they knew that on this occa
sion obedience to discipline forbid.
The famous Biblical paintings of
James J. Tissot are water colors
He made the New Testament lllus
trations first, and at a - recent sale
in New York they were bought for
$30,000 and presented to the Art mu
seum in Brooklyn. J. W. Schiff paid
something like $37,000 for the Old
Testament collection, which he pre
sented to the New York library. It has.
been said that the study of the life
of the time of the Old Testament made
by Tissot in preparing them puts the
artist himself in the front ranks of
archaeologists. The portrayal of man
i ners, the types of Egyptians and He-
brews represented, the furniture, the
clothing pictured in them, are held fcy
students to be of the greatest historical
and educational value.
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HOVELTY FOR A BAZAAR
A Fruit and Vegetable .Stand of
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OLD APPLE WOMAN PRESIDES
The Stand Is Stocked With Real, Imi
tation and Surprise Wares The Idea
Partakes Somewhat of .the Nature of
a Grab Bag.
If you are planning a fair for some
favorite charity, why not try as a nov
elty a fruit and vegetable stand, pre
sided over by an ojd apple woman of
the typical Irish kind? One of the
girls, of course, Impersonates the ap-
A FBUIT AND VEGETABLE STAND.
pie woman, and she should be a girl
who has some ability at brogue and
repartee.
- For a costume she should wear a
voluminous checked gingham skirt and
waist, a small plaid shawl pinned
across the chest and either a big,
round starched white cap or a straw
poke bonnet. A clay pipe in the mouth
will add much of realism to the make
up, and. a big red cotton umbrella is a
most picturesque addition to the out
fit, the open umbrella behind and over
the apple woman's head being a fine
background for a pretty face.
For the stand a regular pushcart is
the best thing and should be hired or
borrowed. But if this is not practica
ble a good imitation may be mad of a
plain kitchen table, rather low, with
a little rim a couple of inches high
standing up all around the edges. The
whole stand should, to be really cor
rect, be painted green.
The stand must be supplied with
real fruit and "surprise fruit" and im
itation fruit. It partakes somewhat of
the nature of a grab bag. Ordinary
brown paper bags should be used to
wrap the purchases.
As to the articles to be sold, the plan
best followed would be to divide the
stand into three sections, one for real
fruit and nuts and dandies, one for im
itations and one for the "surprises."
The imitations are easily contrived.
Balls of orange colored string are to
be piled up like oranges; banana
shaped 'pincushions of yellow silk are
made, stuffed with wool wadding (cot
ton wadding will do); emery cushions
In the form of strawberries and rad
ishes, tomato and cucumber pincush
ions and thimble holders made of Eng
lish walnut shells, opened, the meat
taken out and tiny holes burned
through the shells by a redhot hair
pin, a narrow ribbon being slipped
through these holes to tie the two
halves of the shell together. These
fruits should be piled as neatly as are
the real ones, a stick with a placard at
the top announcing the price of each
variety.
For the "surprises" there are many
devices. An orange may be quickly
made of the proper shade of cambric,
cut in four pieces the shape of a quar
ter of an orange skin and stitched to
gether, or it may be even more simply
made, though with a less lifelike look,
by cutting a circle of nine or ten inches
diameter and drawing up the edge
with a needle and thread run around
in long stitches about half an inch
from edge to edge.
Each of these oranges will contain
some little thing, such as would be
put in a grab bag. The articles, a doll,
a china dog, a little dish, some can
dies, or whatever may be found avail
able, should be wrapped in tissue pa
per and then in cotton batting in a
ball and stuffed inside the oranges.
A Japanese Novelty.
A charming little novelty from the
cherry blossom land is the well bucket
hanging basket The chief convenience
of this innovation is to the person who
waters the household plant, but Its
artistic aspect is for alL
It consists of two pretty little pot
tery buckets suspended from a pulley.
Each may be pulled very low for wa
tering while the other goes up.
Also from the country of the almond
eyed is a new soft green dull pottery,
known as midori ware, fashioned In
the most artistic shapes, teapots, can
dlesticks, jugs, jars, bowls, vases.-
From Japan, too, are little candle
lamps. They resemble a real little
lamp, base, shade and all, but burn
only candles.
Partners by Mutual Tastes.
It is a happy plan to pair off the
men and girls who will go in to dinner
or play a game together according to
a similarity of tastes.
For example, the hostess makes out
a list of modern novelists, typewriting
each name on two separate slips. Each
set of slips is dropped into a different
basket. - One basket is passed among
the men, the other among the girls,'
and each person selects his favorite
author. -
Those who agree in liking the same
one are partners. The names of nov
els and the titles of popular songs or
poems can be utilized In the same way.
Young Girls Are Now Playing""" the
.Harpsichord and Clavichord. I
Quaint musical instruments of a. pe-
riod preceding the advent of the grand
and upright pianos are being studied
now by the young girl" who is bent on
broadening her knowledge of music
and herpowers of appreciating the
compositions of great masters. - Cre
ators having reached the 'highest point
in the perfection of the mechanism
and tone of the modern musical instruT.
ment and artists having learned how
to understand and nJoy masterpieces
through this medium, the time seema
to have come when real music Jovers
revert, and willingly, too, to the days
of the tinkling harpsichord, the gentle
spinet and the well tempered clav
ichords .
The girl of today studies art, and
she learns quite a little about decora
tion, so that she finds a great deal of
pleasure In planning the decoration of
her own harpsichord or clavichord If
she does not choose one already fln
.Ished. Genuine antiquities are rare,
and where special Instructions as to
color and style of case are not to be
considered a regulation style is offered,
one that will harmonize In almost any
room and one that is specially suited
to the study hall or school music
room. A plain enamel, not too dark,
with gold trimmings, .(is the most satis
factory for general purposes, butwhere
one presides over a French sitting
room and music room combined then
Lthe decorations of the musical lnstru-'
ment should by all means follow along
the lines of the French Instruments.
The harpsichord is somewhat more
difficult to master than the clavichord
CLAVICHORD If ADE BY BCHTEDMAYER TS
NEDSTABT AU DEB AISOH, 1789.
or the spinet on account of the double
keyboard and he different tones. But
a girl who starts with a fair knowl
edge of piano music and good tech
nique can soon yarn to play the harp
sichord. The clavichord is simpler. It
has a very short keyboard, and this is
single, thus obviating the confusion
provided by the double one. There are
no pedals, and the tones are extremely
soft and beautiful.
Fads' For Women.
A new design In a bureau or side
board scarf is of linen, hemstitched all
around, then hand embroidered.
The embroidery starts from the four
corners and is worked inward, forming
two very handsome ends. In the cen
ter of the long sides a pretty running
design is worked above the hem. It
measures 18 by 54 Inches and costs
$1.60.
Hemstitched pillowslips similarly em
broidered are of Irish linen, measur
ing 22 by 36 Inches, and may be
bought for $1.65 per pair.
Burlap and craftsman's canvas are
much used for cushion covers, and
really beautiful effects "may be brought
out with very little effort A design,
conventional or otherwise, cut from
cretonne and employed with an em
broidery stitch will maKe a brave
showing at the expense of little time
or trouble. Another good design equal
ly simple is of two peacock feathers
drawn diagonally across the pillow and
worked with mercerized thread In
natural colorings.
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Where to Put Plate Rail.
Where to put a plate rail in the din
lng room is not known definitely to
many people. It should be placed
about seven feet from the floor and
should match the woodwork and can
be wider or narrower, as it is intended
for holding plates or pitchers and tank
ards. It is safer to have a grooved lodge
for plates, to hold them more firmly in
case of sudden jarring.
The fullest effect of a plate rail, says
an authority, in the way of decoration
is made from a careful selection of
what it is to hold. Avoid a jumble
of colors and overcrowding.. -
Blue in rich deep colors is most ef
fective, but with tan or ecru walls,
dark reds and ivory colored pottery Is
lovely. With the brown paper now so
much in vogue for dining rooms, plenty
of orange and light yellow plates and
pitchers on the rail give a needed touch
of color.
If possible do not keep articles on
the rail that are in frequent use. They
are apt to be broken in taking them
down.-
If Sugar Boils Too Long.
Boiling sugar or water for ices or
Icing is a somewhat ticklish operation,
as every cook knows. If cooked too
much it will be sugary and if not
enough it will run.
The latter fault can be remedied-by
returning to the stove for a few min
utes. When the boiling has gone beyond
the desired degree the consistency can
be . reduced by adding a few table
spoonfuls of cold water and boiling
again. '
If the sugar has been burned the
taste will remain, even though sugar
ing has been prevented.
Never stir sugar and water while
boiling if you do not want it to granu
late. Watch It carefully, and take it off
at the critical moment which in most
cases must be decided by experience.
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PEACH TREE PLANTING. '
Selecting Trees For the Orchard the
First Season. i
An Interesting bulletin . on peach
growing baa been Issued by the New
Jersey experiment station at New
Brunswick. The bulletin contains ex
cellent advice to peach" growers.
The bulletin says that a tree three
to four feet in height which is well
branched and will caliper five-eighths
of an inch is more desirable than a tree
four to five feet which, Is of the same
diameter. The ideal type of peach
tree for planting out Is a one-year-old
tree which will caliper one-half to five
eighths' of an inch, is well branched
and about three to four feet in height
Some fruit growers prefer the largest
trees which can be obtained If "they
are well branched. These will make a
good" growth if not too severely in-
PttUXTNa PEACH TREES NO. 2, OOBKECT ;
NO. 3, TOO HIGH.
jured when dug. The large trees have
a more extended root system in the
nursery row, and a larger proportion
of this is broken off when the trees
are dug than is the case with the
smaller trees.
On .the other hand, one should not
buy the smaller grades of trees which
measure one to two feet in height un
less they are to be-planted upon espe
cially good soil, as they often fail to
make a satisfactory growth, and it
generally-means an extra year of culti
vation before they come into bearing.
And, although a smaller proportion of
the root system of small trees is bro
ken when they are dug In the nursery,
they are somewhat more likely to be
Injured from becoming dry in transit
than larger trees, as the rpots are very
small and quickly dried out In gen
eral, then, trees of a medium grade
are better to purchase. First class
trees should not only be of the proper
size, but free from scale, root galls,
borers and peach yellows.
As for pruning trees before planting,
the following advice is given:
Twoto two and one-half feet above
the bud is about the proper height to
PEACH TBEB HEADED FOB GOOD SHAPE.
"cut back" peach trees for planting.
Good trees can be formed when cut
back to eighteen Inches, but anything
more severe than this is not to be rec
ommended. . Trees headed three feet
and higher are at a disadvantage from
the beginning and in exposed locations
are likely to be whipped about and
loosened from the soil by the wind. If
the trees are well branched and of
medium to large grades the side
branches should be cut back to about
three inch stubs rather than cutting
the .trees to a whip, as the buds upon
the well developed side branches are
usually stronger than the buds upon
the trunk and will make a better start
The lighter grades of trees with only
weak side branches will of necessity
be pruned to whips. At the same time
that the top is cut backfall Injured
and broken roots should - be cut
smooth. Peach trees grown upon deep
oils sonietimes have long taproots.
These can be cut back to six or eight
Inches without injuring the trees, and
It makes the setting much easier.
The first cut taken from this bulle
tin shows method-of pruning the tree's
before planting. The center tree Is
right Lower cut shows a good growth
on such a tree the first season.
Average Farm Crops.
The farmers of the north Atlantic
states during the last census year each
produced al out $984 worth of farm
crops, while the average south Atlan
tic states farmer made only $484,
though the southern farmer averaged
108 acres per farm and the northern
farmer only 96 acres.
Feeding the Calf,
As soon as the calf is old enough to
drink sliimmed milk make some por
ridge of flour and oatmeal with the
hulls sifted out or else rub rolled oats
In the hands and slit them. Cook
thoroughly and pour In cold milk till
ft Is just right
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Editor Carolina Watchman :
.Your readers have cot been.hear
iogmucli frbm Gollii flilly
frequency of the -writing 'of . this
correBpondeot. ; T&ongfi others
have-been; making weekly Jottings
from here, aothat the pdblio 'has
not been' kept in the dark a to
the happenings and progress in
our community .
; We are still right : much alive
and astir, nowadays. The opera
tion of the mines, and the opening
of the Troutman mine near here
keep np the business interests and
hopes of our people.
The general appearance of our
town and community has been
very much improved of late by
the cleaning up of shrubbery, the
burning of rubbish, and the white
washiug of the town almost from
end tcrend. This adds not only to
its appearance, but its healthful
ness. The health of our people
was rarely, if ever, better than
now.
The death of Mrs. Criesie Mc
Carnes on the 80th of April was a
sad offair, though not unexpected.
She Buffered a stroke of paralysis
about four years, ago and lost en
tirely the power of locomotion .
From that time until her death
she was confined to her bed and
rolling chair. During these years
her health perhaps was never bet
ter, and she was cheerful and hap
py The final stroke came only a
few days before death. She was a
good woman and her absence
makes a wide vacancy in the home
and community.
Your esteemed fellow citizen
and townsman, M. C. Rufty,
sprang a surprise on out commu
nity on last Tuesday, the 18th,
when he drove through the coun
try in company with Rev. J. C,
Rowe. and was married, at 4 o'
clock of that day, by the accom
panying Presiding Elder to Miss
Esther Shaver, at the residence of
C. F. Montgomery. The Elder
lost his sea in the buggy and went
horn eon the tram, while Mr. Ruf
ty drove home on the same even
ing with better company, Mrs!
Esther Shaver Rufty. . The mar
riage was a very quiet one, very
few knowing anything of it until
the very hour. Miss Sha set was
one of our best and most popular
yonng ladies and we give her up
with reluctance and envy Salis
bury tn that she makes that town
her future home, .
The seasons have been quite fa
vorable this spring, the rains have
been opportune, and right now- we
are in the midst of capious rains
which will bring forth the sprout
ing corn and cotton seed with a
rush, and make the potato crop
where the plants have not been
injured or destroyed by the bugs.
Weare new beginning to live
from the garden and the orchard.
The mustard and lettuce, the cab
bage andj Irish potato, with the
strawberry and cherry,, have al
ready made their appearance on
the table. The variety is great
and the outlook for a superabun
dant yeld of all theB6 with other
vegetables and fruits, is quite
promising.
The harvest season and the fa
miliar "Bob White" of the par
tridge' are simultaneous. Both
are close at hand. The maturing
and ripening period is now on,
ad the oats and wheat fields are
well headed and filled with plump
grains, almost ready for the scythe
or the machine ' and .the ubiqui
tous partridges are already whis
tling around in greater number
than some people suppose and the
fall crop of birds promises to be a
large one. J. W.
Gold Hill, N. C, May 20, 1909.
Miss Mamie Oddie, of Rowan,
has accepted a position as stenog
rapher and private secretory in
Blacksburg, Ya., and is now locat
ed there.
It coaxes backthat well feeling,
healthy look, puts the sap, of t life
in your system, protects you. from
disease. Hollister'a Rocky Moun
tain Tea has no equal as ' a spring
tonic for the whole family. 85
cents, .Tea or Tablets. Gomelison
& Cook. '
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