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Show The Mussulmans' Sacred Black Stone. The Kuabe, or Cuuhu, the must sacred klirliie of Mohammeilunlsm, to- ward vv.'ileh .MiishuIiiiuiih turn tbelr fsuvii in pnt.vi-r, a euhe-shapeil tlat- roored hullilliig lu the center of the (Ireat .Momjuo of Mecca. In the north- east corner U thu famous "black H t stone." Thin stone Is of Irregular oval , slnipu. uhout tieveu Inches lu diameter, nml piohnhly or meteoric oilgln. When Aluhniuuieil returned irlumphiiutl) to ileccii, he dentrojed all the Idols round In the Kanhe, which had fallen luto imgan use. hut spared the "black btone," which nil Miiaxiilmiiiix vcd- erntf, I |