Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1913 — OBSERVE MONTH OF RAMIDAN [ARTICLE]

OBSERVE MONTH OF RAMIDAN

Period That Is Considered Most Holy by the Followers of the Prophet Mohammed. It Is the holy month of Ramidan In Constant inop Is. By reason of the declaration in the Koran "that the number of the months is twelve (lunar months), as It was ordained by A 1 lab." In the eburse of thirty-three years Kamjdsa makes the entire circuit of the seasons. It wa3 on the

15th of the holy month of Ramidan that the first chapter of the Koran was delivered to men. On that day the sultan goes Uh the "Chamber of the Sacred Mantle." This mantle was worn by the prophfft and on this day it and other relies bf the prophet are brought out to public view/ Other relics are banners which once hung before the tent of his favorite wife Ayesha, and the prophet’s beard, which is more potent in strength than the hair of Samson, and invigorates all who may touch it; a tooth which

Mohammed had knocked from his Jaw when struck by a stone from a sling in battle, and a chunk of lime with a footprint in it made by the prophet when he sprung from it to the back of his magic steed, At Borak, “the lightning." It was upon this animal that Mohammed visited Jerusalem and the seven heavens from which he obtained important and exclusive information. Better a tramp in the woods than one in the kitchen.