House and Garden 
more glimpses of Arab women of the 
finer type than offered hy all other pos¬ 
sible opportunities in Algiers. The 
Grand mosque dates from the eleventh 
century. From the Rue de la Marine it 
presents a fa9ade of splendid white 
marble columns. These support an 
arcade, in the center of which is a tre¬ 
mendous fountain. Before all mosques 
stands the fountain, for all Moslems 
perform extraordinary ablutions before 
entering for worship. The interior, as 
with all mosques, is extremely plain. 
Stately, monumental pillars, supporting 
the universal Moresque arch, provide 
numerous series of arcades. A few 
inexpensive lamps are suspended from 
the roof. The pulpit is plain, and the 
attached gallery to it is of the severest 
pattern. A little niche, without orna¬ 
mentation, is set into the wall, called the 
mihrab, which is found in all mosques, 
and indicates the east, the direction of 
the sacred Mecca. Mattings are hung 
about all columns and the side walls, lest 
they suffer defilement at the touch of 
sacrilegious Christian. The one sump¬ 
tuous thing to be seen is in carpeting. 
The floor is completely covered with the 
richest of old Moorish carpets. For no 
Moslem, and no Christian unless he 
have no sense of regard for cherished 
religious custom and tradition, will ever 
enter one of these edifices without first 
removing his sandals or shoes. The 
windows are invariably small, set high 
in the walls, colored, and the effect of the 
dim, subdued light and the peculiar East¬ 
ern incense, is exceedingly impressive. 
Under the same roof is the highest 
Algerian court of the Algerian Mussul¬ 
mans, the superior tribunal of the muf¬ 
ti, to which appeals are frequently 
taken from the lower court of the cadi; 
for it has been the wise policy of the 
French provincial rule in Algeria to 
foster and preserve all Mohammedan 
customs, religion and institutions, not 
positively inimical to f'rench civil law. — 
Connnercial A Jveritser. 
THE WATCH AS A COMPASS 
A FEW days ago I was standing hy an 
^ ^ American gentleman, when I ex¬ 
pressed a wish to know which point was 
the north. He at once pulled out his 
watch, looked at it and pointed to the 
north. I asked him whether he had a 
compass attached to his watch. “All 
watches,” he replied, “are compasses.” 
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