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Show JOURNEY OP SACRED CARPET. rer-rented Arltels tlrscrlbad ,y tVlluria f Its RUM. "It la an odd thing to call the sacrcil carpet of the Mohammedans a carpet, for It not only It not a carpet In Itself, It-self, but It It not the thtpe of a carpet. It la not used for it carpet, anil dons not look like a carpet We were amona) tbe fortunate onea who were Invited td i the private view ot It the night before, tasH when tbe faithful were dedicating It," agaH ttyt a writer In the Woman's Home jH Companion "They tat on tbe floors LILB these Mohsmmedans, rocking them- . 9H selves back and forth, and chanting 9KH the koran The 'carpel' it a black vel. -.. ItfflaM vet embroidered solidly In silver and JnsnBl gold It Is shaped like an Old-lnali. vSmH loned Methodist church, only there are tsuigfl minarets nt the four corners, It looks )9MH like a pall. Kvery year they ea4 a jBHH nw.onilo,AIccii. and then the old 'JtjVj one lt"ctit Into tfny bits and distributed IksH among tho faithful, who wear It next 1H their hearts, This carpet was about f LH six feet long, and wat railed In so that ijffl no one could touch It. A man stood TBJ nctr by and sprayed attar of roaes oa 7ll you at you passed, but I do not know HJ what he did It for, unless It wit to turn Hj sensitive women faint with the heavy perfume llut the next morning the 'M procession formed and amid the wild- 'M ett enthusiasm, the bowing and aa- VM laamlng of the men and tho ihoullnsj iM and running of tbe children and lha M tinging of the Arabs who bore tbe car. M pet. It was placed upon the moat rang- M nlflcent camel 1 ever taw, which wim M covered from head to foot with cloth ot fl gold, and whote very gait teemed mora V.nB majestic because of his sacred burden, H and thus, led by scores of enthusltstlo H Arabs, be moved slowly down tbe H street, following the covering for the. H tomb, and In turn being followed by H ono scarcely less magnificent, destined H to cover the sacred carpet In IU camel H Journey to Mecca That wat absolutely H til there was to It, yet the khedlve was H there with a fine military escort, and H all Cairo turned out at tho unearthly ,H hour ot 8 o'clock In the morning to H SCO It" jH To rttnalr Chain. B When your caue-seat chair begin to M wear out mend the break the bctt you $ can by weaving In cords, or, If very bad, replace with a piece of canvas w pfl curely tacked on; put oa a geoeroiut VM layer of cotton batting or curled hair, jgl and cover with a piece ot any kind of )M upholstery goods, an embroidered pat- 'I tern, crazy patchwork or a largo "log- ll cabin" block. Finish tbe edge with fur- JH nlture gimp, and fringe If desired The ialfl back may bo finished with a similar . JJM panel. Tsfl |