Show dowl bowl used m in east I 1 for measuring time I 1 it appears that lu in certain atlon s ot of aloria algeria a copper bowl with a hole in it takes tho the place of a timepiece an american with business interests in that colony tells of the peasants of ant benl verah for example who VILO uso tho the bowl for timing tho the flow of 0 water into their gardens from tho only nea nearby rby river so precious Is the water among tho the hill people in that part of 0 the that a few fe w moments more or i lew less in tho the of ilow HOW Is of great creat importance A watch there therefore forel Is not to bo be depended on oa tho the bowl Is part of a cyster or of measuring ea suring tamo that must abst bo ba of great antiquity y a and n d probably has bas prevailed in alge algeria r a for countless generations when gordens gardens aro anro to bo irrigated a member of the village council accompanies tho tha landowners und brings with him a largo large earthen bowl or a metal pall of water and ana VL a small copper bowl la in the bottom of 0 which la a minute hole bole at the moment jw when hen the mud wall of tho the irrigation baua canal I 1 Is cut through and the water Is allowed to flow into the first garden the councilor carefully places the perforated bowl which la Is the property of the village council and which therefore la Is the legal measure upon the water in tho the pall and watches carefully for it to sink which it will do perhaps in 15 minutes thus each landowner la Is entitled as the c caso aso may be to three four six or eight sin kings of tho the copper bowl As tho the time approaches flow of water into a garden la Is to cease a neighbor in the little group of 0 landl owners will shout to an assistant in this his garden to bo ready to cut an inlet into bis land as soon as tho the bowl has sunk idunk for tho last time alrae just as aa tho the bowl sinks tho the last time the peasant cries out to a man in hla his gardea to stem the flow of the water by filling with mud the hole through which it has been running sinco since landowners are present in person and since an elder with the official lelal off bowl does the 1 measuring it appears that the quaint method Is acost almost as chod as any even among the elders wo we see so little or of tho old fashioned fastidiousness nowadays that we were attracted by an incident on the street last week we saw a white hatred haired gentleman approach two boys who were playing with a kitten and join them abe then m wo saw him extract from his bis pocket a pair of gloves return ono one of them and pull pul 1 the other carefully over his bis right hand this completed he ha employed hi hla gloved hani hand to pat tho tha kitten and tickle its ribs tor for a minute or two lie he then arose carefully removed his glove replaced it in lite hla pocket bowed to the two boys and strolled on new yorker |