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tumorous J)fpartmmt. The Cabbage Cure. "This idea that people thrive best on the food they like best is not as modern as you seem to think," said the old doctor to the young doctor. "When Ezekiel Holmes was somewhat over 100 years old he was taken sick, and my grandfather, one of the best physicians in that section, was called to see him, after the family had done their worst to make him better. "Grandfather pronounced Mr. Holmes very ill, and told the family that the end was probably near; he might not live out the night. "As soon as the news spread through the neighborhood, several friends call ed to sit up, or watch, witn tne sunerer. Among them was a sea-captain, who took the second watch. "A little after midnight Mr. Holmes awoke and said the doctor was starving him. The captain asked what he would like to eat. " 'Corn beef and cabbage,' replied the old man. "The captain found some in the pantry?it was a staple dish in those days ?and gave him a generous plateful, reasoning, as he said afterward, that so long as the old man's hours were numbered, he might as well have what he wanted while he lasted. "After eating heartily, Mr. Holmes said he felt much better, and went quietly to sleep. The next morning, when grandfather called, he found his patient on the road to recovery. ',,r" "l J Anltf U'nll hilt I lie UIU IIlCVIl IIUl UiUJ v., v.. kept so for four or five years afterward, and he always stoutly declared that his midnight meal had cured him. " 'I'd been wanting boiled dish a fortnight,' he used to say, 'and mother wouldn't let me have it.' But I worked a traverse on her, and got well.'"? Youth's Companion. Sympathized With Jim. An excited, middle aged lady bounced into the local police station the other dav and accosted the inspector on duty. "Where's my Jim?" she demanded. "Beg pardon, madam?dog, I presume?" said the officer. "Don't you dare to presume nothing of the kind," snapped the lady. "Dog, indeed! No, sir, husband?my husband. He's missing, disappeared, decamped"? "You don't say so!" "But I'd have you to understand that I do say so, young man. How dare you sit there and flatly contradict a ratepayer??lestways, the lawful wife of one. I'll report you, sir. Do you hear that? Til report you! Where's my fc.toKanS?" "My dear madam"? "How dare you call me your dear madam? Do you think I come here to be Insulted? I tell you my husband has decamped, and you sit there like a dummy. What do you think of that?" "Well, madam," responded the polite inspector, "I haven't the pleasure of your husband's acquaintance, ,but I should say he's a very wise man. Cbnstable Blunt, show this lady out."?TitBits. How's This For Mud??Of all the yarns that ever came down the line regarding' deep mud, the following should be entitled to the blue ribbon. It happened in the place where mud originat ed. A man was walking along the roadside one summer day and noticed a fairly good looking hat out in the road. Reaching out with his cane, he gave it a cut and was startled to hear a voice exclaim: "Here, what the deuce are you doing?" i Then he made the astonishing discovery that the owner of the headpiece was under the hat. up to his ears in mud. "Great heavens!" exclaimed the man wuu uau mi. in*? uai. 19 i?wu cw deep as that?"' "Deep?" cried the victim. "Why, man alive, I'm standing on a load of hay!"?Lippincott's. An Awkward Compliment.?Inspector General Hornaday of the G. A. R. was relating Incidents of famous national encampments. "I remember a little Japanese who attended one of our banquets," he said, 1 smilling, "and a queer compliment that he paid to a colonel's wife. 1 "I sat between the two and the lady said across me: " 'Mr. Takashira. you compress the ladies' feet in your country, don't you?' "'Oh, no madam: that is a Chinese custom,' said the Japanese. 'We Japanese allow our ladles' feet to grow to their full size. Not that'? "And he bowed and hissed in the polite Japanese way: " 'Not that they could ever hope to rival yours, madam.'"?Chicago InterOcean. The New Baby.?"Well, Jimmie," 1/1 t ho vloltnr "T im/lor jfo n/1 irnn ho^ro ocuv* ? ioi ivi j x uiiuvi oLaiiu j vu 11a T v a new baby here." "Yes," said Jimmie. "He got here last Tuesday night." "Whom does he look like, your father or your mother?" asked the visitor. "We don't know yet," said Jimmie. "He seems kind of undecided yet" "They tell me he has your father's nose," said the visitor. "Yes," said Jimmie. "He has pa's nose, and ma's mouth, and Aunt Sarah's ears, and between you and me I'm for givin' him grandpa's teeth. He ain't got any of his own, and grandpa's got two sets. What I'm afraid of is that if they don't give 'em to him he'll get mine, and I need 'em in my business."?Tit-Bits. . <rst Aid to Alligators.?The fiance of a Louisville girl has been spending the winter in Florida in connection with his father's business interests in ti.at quarter, says Harper's Weekly. "Marie," said the girl to a friend the other day. "Walter has Just sent me the dearest little alligutor front Florida!" "Dear me!" rejoined Marie, with affected enthusiasm. "And how shall you keep him?' I m not quite certain, was the reply, "but I've put hirn In Florida water till 1 can hear further from Walter." What He Wanted.?The old man turned from his desk as his son-in-law entered the office. "Well, what it is now?" he asked. ?"I?er?have been thinking," answered the new member of the family, "that you ought to give rne a pension." "A pension!" exclaimed the old man. "What in thunder do you mean, sir?" "Well, it's like this," explained the other. "Ever since I did your daughter the honor to marry her I have been dependent on you for support?and I want to be independent. See?"?Chicago News. JftisccUaitcous grading. AMERICAN COTTON. Census Bureau Tells All About the Crop of 1908. Bulletin 100, which has just been Issued by the bureau of the census, consists of a report on the production of cotton in 1908, prepared under the supervision of Mr. William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufacturers, by Mr. Daniel C. Roper, expert chief of division. The report Is presented in five divisions: (1) Annual cotton production In the United States by states and counties, from 1904 to 1908, with statistics of the production for previous years; (2) world's cotton production for mill consumption in 1907 and 1908, by counties; (3) stocks of cotton held in the United States at the close of February. 1909: (4) the relation of the government to the cotton Industry; and (5) the commercial and Industrial importance of American cotton. During the beginning of the season 1908-9 as for the three previous seasons, ten preliminary statements of cotton ginned to specified dates were issued. The present report gives the aggregate figures for the whole cotton crop, and covers the tenth consecutive year for which statistics of cotton ginned have been collected and published by the bureau of the census. Production, 13,587,306 Bales. The finally revised figures for the I crop of 1908, expressed in equivalent ! 500-pound bales and including linters, i show a total production of 13,587,306 I bales. This represents an increase over 13IK or 2,211,840 Dales, or id.4 per vein. It is the third largest crop ever pro- 1 duced, being exceeded only by the crops ] of 1904 and 1906, and is 987,751 bales 1 larger than the average crop of the last I five years. I Of the total production in 1908, 6,- 1 232,128 bales or 45.9 per cent, came < from the territory west of the Missis- < sippl river, while the states east of the < Mississippi contributed 7,355,178 bales, | or 54.1 per cent. In 1907 the states 1 west of the river produced 42 per cent I of the crop and those east, 58 per cent; 1 while in 1906 the former reported 53.2 1 per cent, and the latter 46.8 per cent. I The production reported for Texas, 3,913,084 bales, is the second largest recorded, being exceeded only by that < of 1906, which was 368,74U Daies larger, i This state showed a falling off in 1907 i of 44.9 per cent as compared with 1906, 1 but increased its crop in 1908 by 66.8 1 per cent over 1907. Texas produced < 28.8 per cent of the total for the coun- I try in 1908; 20.8 per cent in 1907; and < 31.6 per cent in 1906. 1 Other states showing large increases i over 1907 are Arkansas, with 33.4 per 1 cent; Alabama, with 21.3 per cent; and i Mississippi, with 13.3 per cent. Louis- t iana has again sustained a great loss, I reporting this year but 70.1 per cent of | the quantity returned in 1907, and less , than one-half of that returned in 1906. 1 Oklahoma also shows a loss, since the < crop of 1908 is but 80 per cent of that of 1907, and 77 per cent of that of 1906. During the last two years especially favorable conditions have existed in I Georgia, which state ranks next to i Texas in production. The production ( in 1908 was 1,980,077 bales, the largest < quantity ever grown in the state, and 1 exceeding that for 1907 by 124,288 bales. ] Mississippi ranks third, with 1,704,972 ] bales, or 12.5 per cent of the total pro- 1 duction for the country, and was fol- i lowed by Alabama, with 1,374,140 bales, 1 or 10.1 per cent of the total for the 1 country. < One of the most interesting and val- I uable features of the bulletin is that 1 showing the proportion of the crop gin- i ned to specified dates. The percentage of the crop ginned to the respective report dates are as follows: 3.1 to September 1; 19.8 to September 25; 48.1 to October 18; 62.6 to November 1; 73.3 to November 14; 84.1 to December 1; 91 to December 13; 95.3 to January l; and 96.8 to January 15. The season of 1908-9 was the earliest since the sys- ^ tem of collecting the amount ginned to specified dates was Inaugurated in 1902. j Estimated Grade and Value of Cotton ( Crop. The crop of 1908 is remarkable for , its excellent spinning qualities and f cleanliness. The grade of this crop is , estimated to have averaged strict midtiling, compared with middling for 1907 and strict low middling for 1906. Meas- ( ured by its yarn producing qualities, the crop of 1908 Is believed to be the most valuable ever grown. The value of the crop to the growers Is estimated at J681.230.596, of which *588,828 represents the value of the lint and *92,416,128 the value of the seed. Notwithstanding the fact that the crop was 2,211,845 bales larger than the crop of 1907 and that the spinning qualities of this crop were superior, it has been disposed of by the growers at approximately *20,000,000 less than that of 1907. Cotton Seed Products. The estimated quantity of cotton seed produced in 1908 is 5,903,838 tons, of which 3,669,747 tons were treated by the old mills, affording products valued at *86,092,583, and distributed as to kind . and quantity, as follows: Oil, 146,789,- ] 880 gallons; cake and meal, 1,491,752 i tons; hulls 1,330,283 tons; and linters, j 165.138,628 pounds. United States Produced Two-Thirds of ( the World's Factory Supply of Cotton. The second part of the bulletin gives a brief summary of the present status ( of cotton growing in all countries, ( where it is carried on to any extent. | The world's production of cotton for j mill consumption in 1908 is estimated . at 19,574,000 bales of 500 pounds net, ( compared with 16,512,000 In 1907. The production in the United States, ex- , pressed in net-weight bales, was 13,- j 002,000, and represents 66 per cent of the total commercial cotton produced. ( British India, which ranks second, pro- , duced 2,914,000 bales, or 15 per cent: . Egypt 1,275,000 bales, or 7 per cent: ( and Russia, 846,000 bales, or 4 per cent. , Most of the remainder is produced in , China and Brazil, while smaller quan uiifs art* coninouieu oy Mexico, r-eru, Turkey, Persia, and several other countries. Stocks of Cotton in the United States at the Close of February, 1909. The success of the census method of collecting statistics of the cotton production has been responsible for the demand on the bureau for information relative to the distribution of the crop, the purpose being to measure the available supply of cotton on given dates and to forecast the possible future needs. In line with this congress passed a resolution in February, 1905, directing the bureau to prepare an annual report dealing with statistics of exports and consumption of cotton during the year ending August 31, and with stocks at the close of the year. The scope of this Inquiry with regard to stocks was enlarged by a joint reso- i lutlon of congress, passed in February, < 1909, authorizing the preparation of three additional stock reports, relating to November 1, January 1, and March 1. In the third part of this bulletin is presented the statistics of the first of these new stock reports, showing the condition at the close of February. The total quantity amounted to 5,263,349 bales, distributed by holders, as follows: Manufacturers 1,820,033 bales; producers, 367,959 bales; independent warehouses, 2,238,224 bales; transportation companies, 542,543 bales; and other holders, 294,590 bales. The quantity of llnters Included is 185,000 running bales and the quantity of foreign cotton, reduced to equivalent 500pounds bales, 54,531 bales. Cotton Supply and Distribution. The total supply of cotton In the United States for the six-months period ending with February, 1909, is given as 11,363,960 bales, made up of 1,236,058 bales on hand September 1, 1908; 13,029,902 bales ginned since; and 98,000 bales Imported. The exports during this period amounted to 6,566,571 bales; and the stocks on hand on February 28 to 5,263,349 bales, thus Indicating a consumption during the six months of 2,534,040 bales. Relation of the Government to the Cot* ton Industry. The fourth part of the bulletin contains a new and interesting feature in which is presented a resume of the work being done by the government in the Interest of cotton. It is found that 14 Dureaus OI ine nauunm guvcimucui have something: to do with the cotton Industry, and the character of this work and the publications issued in connection therewith are stated. State Investigations. Several of the cotton growing: states maintain statistical bureaus which collect and compile information regarding agriculture in general and within the last few years efforts have been made lay some of these states?Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas?to collect statistics af cotton production. The legislatures af these states have provided for the aollection of production statistics through the ginneries, but, because of the limited appropriations for the work, It has been necessary to rely on the nails In collecting the data, with remits not fully satisfactory. Commercial and Industrial Importance of American Cotton. The aggregate value of the cereal :rops for the United States In 1907 was estimated by the department of agriculture at $2,378,000,000, while the ralue of the cotton produced that year ivas estimated at $701,000,000, nearly jne-thlrd the value of all cereals. Not ess than 9,000,000 persons are employid In producing, handling, and manufacturing American cotton, of whom some 6,000,000 are farmers and farm aborers, 1,000,000 otherwise engaged with the fibers In this country, and ibout 2,000,000 are concerned with It In foreign countries. The value of the foods manufactured from the average imeriran Cotton cron Is estimated at (2,000,000,000. Quantity of Textile Materials Produced In 1908 Amounted to 18,042^45,000 Pounds. Of the total quantity of the six leading textile fibers produced In 1908, namely, 18,042,245,000 pounds, cotton uonstltuted 54 per cent, wool 14.5 per lent, Jute 14 per cent, flax 10 per cent, hemp 7 per cent, and silk less than onehalf-of 1 per cent. The relative Importance of these fibers has been reversed during the past century. Flax fiber, which was used to a larger extent than any other In 1800, now ranks fourth, and the quantity produced Is nnly about three times what It was then. During this period the production of wool has Increased about fourfold, and of cotton over thirty-fold. The Cow Will Save the Land. Russia's wheat yield for twenty years has averaged only eight and a quarter bushels per acre, with the ground lying Tallow every third year and a famine every five years. The average farm lands of New England, New York, Virginia and other eastern states have markedly decreased In productive power and value. Thousands of acres within 100 miles of Washington, D. C., once worth >50 to (75 an acre, are now abandoned for igrlculture. The east frequently spends (2 to (20 per acre for plant food to keep up Its soil. Wheat in England averages thirty two Dusneis per acre, uui rjngmnu imports four times as much wheat as it produces. English farmers use several hundred thousand tons of commercial plant food annually. Belgium Imports five times as much tvheat as it produces and quantities of ;orn and oil cake. Germany consumes nearly twice as much wheat as It produces and Imports :orn and 1,000,000,000 pounds of oil :ake. While it exports principally 2,100,000,000 pounds of sugar, containing io plant food value. Denmark imports more wheat than it Droduces besides :orn and 800,00,00 pounds of oil cake ind exports principally 175,000,000 pounds of butter, containing practically no plant food. These countries that feed practically ill they raise and buy In addition urge quantities of fertilizers and other food stuffs from which to produce still larger amounts of manure, can thus make their soils richer than ever before, but the great agricultural areas jf the United States are being steadily lepleted. T?v>nMAirA?v\/\n^ 1? nAA/1 nnHlirof inn o nd crop rotation and the addition of 2,)00,000 acres of richest black soil have increased the average yield of corn in [Uinois, but some portions of the 7,000,D00 acres of old corn land are now producing smaller crops. If we repeat in the great corn belt the history of land ruin in Palestine, in southern Europe, in Russia and in the eastern United States, where shall our children go for bread? After the land is impoverished it is too late to invest in soil improvement. Poverty Is helpless. Illinois can not afford to limit tvvpntv-flvp or flftv vaa rj h^fnrp adopting permanent systems of soil improvement.?Illinois Farmers' Institute. Defense of Panama.?The Panama canal is to be fortified, according to statements published shortly after Secretary Dickinson's return from the isthmus. It is said that batteries will be placed on the islands in Panama bay adjacent to the Pacific entrance to the canal, and also on Ancon Hill. On the Atlantic side, batteries will be placed upon the promontories commanding the canal entrance. Secondary batteries will also be installed to command the lock sites. The total estimated cost of fortification, according to these published statements, will be JS,000,000 to ST,000,000?Engineering News. To keep cheese moist and free from mold wrap in cloth wet with good vlnpgar. HE CLEANED UP CUBA. la Spanish Count's Revsnge on Havana T! Gamblers. ai Word comes from Europe of the death of Count Alberta Blanco In the te town of Granada, In Spain, a man who took one fling with fortune and won, * never to play again. It was In the good old days when 0 Havana was one of the greatest gambling cities In the world that the count ^ was called there on some business matters which he hoped to finish up In ^ a week or two, and then return to his ^ home In Spain. Fate willed otherwise, and decreed that the game of his life n? should be played In Cuba, and that the stakes should be a competence for life . or ten years In prison. Txrv>a?v>a? ni? nnt ho vflii ronll v a rnunt is a matter of no Importance now. In Havana he was known as Blanco, and as Blanco he will probably be for a long aj( time remembered as the man who carca rled through one of the biggest card H swindles in history. It appears that upon the occasion of ^ his first visit to Cuba the count reallzed that the whole Island was practlcally given over to gambling, from the ^ contagion of which he did not escape. th He had the misfortune to fall into the ^ hands of some fashionable sharpers, who fleeced him so unmercifully that his resources were hopelessly crippled jjt for the time being, so much so that the jn object of his trip had to be abandoned. When he mentioned the matter to his friends they simply laughed at him and showed so little sympathy that he en determined to be revenged upon the th whole town If It should cost him every ed cent he had. Night and day he brooded w) over his misfortune and turned over In eo his mind scheme after scheme for getting even with the people who had rob- Fr bed him and then laughed at him. te] It was during one of his walks about sh the capital that he got an Idea. The more he thought about It the simpler ar It seemed; all It needed was patience and courage, with a little luck In get- gj, ting things started right. ed The Idea was to use marked cards ^ and to make unwitting confederates of dp the tradesmen In Havana by compell- j0] lng them to supply him with those ca cards under such circumstances as to ne leave him absolutely free from suspicion. He made inquiries as to the style ^ and make of the cards used in princl- te pal clubs, the prices at which they were to sold, and the agencies through which j,|, they were purchased. Quietly and un- ou obtrusively he gathered up this infor- va mation and then departed for his native land. all Within two years he was ready for t0 his revenge. He had purchased enormous quantities of playing cards of the j,j, style and pattern in vogue in Havana. co Every pack of these cards he had care- yc fully opened, and had marked the back of every card for sequence and suit, using an Ink which is made for that purpose, and which sinks through the enamelled surface without leaving the ? slightest trace that can be detected by holding the card to the light. He could read the backs of these cards as clearly <*1 as if they were face up. He was now ru ready to spring the trap. m Renting a small office under a false cl1 name In another town, he began by mailing sample packs of unmarked 'n cards to dealers in playing cards in pr Havana and to such of the clubs that th bought direct He represented these P' cards as bankrupt stock, which must be dc TI ?UIU ill UIIV/C, cuiu IIIC pi iv.va Iiv vf uvwu were Irresistible. In two months he ce sold them all. to Of course the count was not Jong in ot following up his goods. He put up at the best hotel, called on his old friends *r and spent his money freely. He was P' welcome In all the clubs, he was re- rli ceived in the best society, his Intended ar victims showed him every attention, tr and no one was unkind enough to re- a' mind him of the reverses of fortune er that he had suffered on his last visit Perhaps they thought he had forgotten. ri. He lost no time In sitting down to bs . ~ ?j_ j.. ed piay, ana nnaing nis own c*ltub reauj to hid hand wherever he went, he made jy no bones about the dize of the stakes he Ai played for. Within a week he had re- ,n paid himself of all his losses on selling th bankrupt stock below cost and was pll- ar ing up profits at a great pace. In a T1 month he would have made a fortune. jjj "Trot as fast a heat as you can while jjN the mare is on her legs," he kept say- al ing to himself. "She will never run he again." ? Unfortunately for the count, .there came to Havana about this time a Frenchman named Laforcade, who had by some means obtained very good in troductions. He was really a profes- J sional card sharper who was determin- jj ed to make the best of his time before y he should be exposed and his introduc tlons repudiated. ? By a singular mischance this gamb- ? lers' specialty was using marked cards, q but he was not familiar with the pat- A tern which he found in use all over Z Havana, so he took one of the packs to V his hotel to study its peculiarities with 7 a view to devising some system of * marking It. V M. Laforcade had not spent many 7 minutes studying the pattern of the C cards that he had spread out on the ? table before he hit upon the precise # spot at which they had been already P marked. At first he was too much as- P tonished to believe It, but after an X hour's work he was satisfied that he X could read them himself. The conun- | drum was, who had marked them? On thinking over those whom he * knew to play high his suspicions nat- b urally fell upon Blanco, but the man's J social position, his Spanish connections q an/1 Tiia l/navt'n hn jlnAQa atnnHlnir A seemed to forbid such a thought. The I only gleam of light was that Blanco and J the cards came frr.m the same place. X Laforcade knew enough of the ways * of the world to realize the folly of ac- V cuslng a man of using marked cards. J The accused would simply express as- C tonlshment, say he never dreamed they P were marked and suggest that as you know so much about such things you P must be a sharper yourself. P In order to trap the count the French- ? man procured two new packs of cards, X took them to his hotel and carefully X tinted one pack all alike, so that the V shadework that had been done upon " them meant nothing. The other pack v he left as it was. y The next day he challenged the count to a came of ecrate, and during the ? course of the play he skilfully substl- P tuted the sterilized pack for the one on m the table. i That his adversary was at fault was I Immediately apparent, because he gave 3 uurun w lit* 11 ijuiuit-auc 11tt.11 uui tt u umji a In his hand. In order to be doubly sure * the Frenchman made some excuse to y go to a side table for a moment, still J keeping his eye on the count, who was b running over the pack with nervous C haste, stopping to examine the face of a card and then rubbing his finger over ? the back. f Upon sitting down again the French- 1 man coolly produced the other pack andlMi Id it on the table, remarking quietly: "I think these are your cards, count, hose you were examining so carefully e the ones I marked." The count realized instantly that he as trapped. After some feeble prence at Indignation he felt that it ould be safe to accept the Frenchman's -oposal to share profits in preference i immediate exposure. How faithfully the bargain was kept not on record, but M. Laforcade's lare was enough to lead him to be?ve that he could live in luxurious leness as long as the supply of cards sted. Not knowing the manner in hich the cards had been rung in, he iturally supposed that the count or s confederates could supply the marit right along and that the goose ould lay golden eggs indefinitely. In this he was doomed to meet with i unpleasant surprise, as the count id fixed the duration of his submison to blackmail not by the supply of rds but by the time the next boat left avana. There was nothing for M. Laforcade it to go to work himself and make e best use he could of the marked rds that were still on the Island. He id no hope of being: able to replenish e stock not knowing how that had n managed in the first place. As soon as the count found himself fe on a foreign shore he wrote a poe letter to the managers of the club Havana, Informing them that it )uld be well for them to watch M. iforcade, as he was a sharper and is using marked cards. The count closed a sample card or two, showing e method of marking, and complainthat the Frenchman had rooked him ith them just before the end of the unt's visit. A trap being accordingly set for the enchman by getting a man to prend to detect him and propose to go ~ ares with him, precisely as Laforcade p d handled the count, the sharper was rested and taken before the tribunal. Strange to say, he was acquitted nply because nothing could be provagalnst him. He did not nrlark the rds; that was clear from the evl- 1 nee. The country was full of them ,nS rig before his arrival, and the club had ^ rds In stock that the Frenchman had f0r ver seen, all marked. It could not even be proved that he lew the cards were marked except in- J rentially, on account of his readiness go shares with the spy who betrayed m. AH they could do was to kick him St< it of the clubs and Anally out of Ha- len na. * The count had had his revenge, and | though It Is a long time ago he never ' uched a card afterward, and few but p s muai uuiiume menus ever Knew 01 | s adventure In the Antilles, and they ndoned the act on account of the pro- ~ icatlon.?Washington Post. ^ FLOATING PALACES. C Hoys of the Hindoo Rajaha on the C Gangea River. u Notwithstanding the fact that In a has for many years been under the C lie of England, the conditions and P anner of living have not greatly g langed In many parts of it. On the a.nges river In the northwest prov- X ces the tourist will see, If he ap-oaches Benares at the right time, * e same type of craft that carried | lgrims to this most sacred of Hin- y >o cities hundreds of years ago. i ie.se are floating palaces or magnifl- L int galleys on which rajahs journey ? Benares and which serve as a test g ' their pious zeal. ? These galleys differ hardly an lota 1 om the vessels used for the same irpose by rajahs who died centu- I es past. Incrusted with gold, silver 1 id pearl and decorated with tapes- y les embroidered with precious met- f s and Jewels, these wonderful mod- k n-anclent vessels lend a festive 5| uch to the river scene. But their J imptuousness does not prevent the ? chest rajah who possesses one from 1 tthlng In the same water, surround- V [ by 500,000 poorer pilgrims, even f iough the sacred river Is thus pious- ? filled with myriads of microbes. I rid he will fill great jars with water v which the pilgrims have washed elr bodies and drink It. ? In contrast to these floating palaces ? e the barges of the poor classes. C le system of caste in India imposes g >on the rlvermen the obligation of X ring on the water as his ancestors W red, so his shabby looking craft is ? so his home. Usually he has in his z tating house a small chapel dedicat- a I to a secondary divinity who per- C nifles the river on which he exists. ? Popular Mechanics. It's All j I 11 Riaht i I -* 5"* I for a | ! Cheap piano to be sold as a 0 cheap piano at a cheap price, A hut, X There Should ? Be a Way | To prevent cheap pianos from ^ being sold as high grades and k at prices that will buy a strict- P ly high-grade-piano, Q If you turn a deaf ear to all A circulating agents and buy your X piano from the old reliable z firm of Clias. M. StlefT, you run A no risk. 1 ; Write today. Easy terms if y desired. J p f Chas. M. Stieff 2 Manufacturer of the V j a o4!.rr ni j A /irusuc ouen onaw anu b Stieff Selfplayer Pianos ? SOUTHERN WAREROOM. J 5 W. Trade St. ? CHARLOTTE N. C. J C. H. WILMOTH, ? Manager. ? ' Mention thl.? paper. ^fcT^Water flfrul Better I ^sll ' a few sp |L Lavadura i If jjl the hands, IB I work, sav< 11 ' in colored ftj shrinkage I ** Hh?va 11 "/f Softens II has no equal for all washii III wear and tear of fine fabri jj bing and strong alkali soa| M dish-water?it sweetens if and glassware, and keeps y II Full directions on every p Atk for it at Crocs III In Sc and 10< Increase the enjoym |l I your bath by sprinklii IL J?, ^ in the wa er. Feels f M U I LAVADURA CH lif 1EMENT BLOCKS Vn dtp now taklnar orders for mak r Cement Blocks in any size and ipe for Building Purposes, Fencing, rblng, Cemetery Lots, etc. See us prices. STOVE WOOD iVe are prepared to All orders for >ve Wood, cut from slabs to stove gths In oak and pine, at $1.00 per d. Phone us for Stove Wood. . J. KELLER & CO. V See us for Lime, Cement, Lumber Rough or Dressed. BRIGHT P\ THE FARMER IS IN AN CONDITION JUST AT THI A GOOD CROP HE IS CE] PRICE FOR IT AND IF CROP HE IS CERTAIN TC FOR IT We believe that York county Is than at any time in Its history, and more valuable and, while th< farm are more expensive, at the farm are likewise more valuable j A few years ago, IT WAS FARMER TO GET MONEY A PROSPECTS OF HIS CROP THE NATIONAL UNION ] ADVERTISE FOR THE OFFERING TO LET TH CULTIVATE THEIR FAR ONLY SIX PER THE NATIONAL UNION MORE MONEY TO FARM IT HAS EVER DONE BEF The only requirement In order to i you can make good papers and , Bank. IF YOU ARE NOT NOW 1 US, YOU SHOULD COMM1 THE NATIONAL A T> O A T TT T T? V ADOUliU X Ej ROCK HILL - - S< W. J. RODDEY, President. ^ n I I mm I "The <nri*r VUI JL Bagi A - I Opie Read at Will Be The En Story, Which Wi Special Permissioi Ushers. "The Ca of Mr. Read's Be! Equal In Interest Published In Th Months Aero. Wi Chapters of "T1 They Will Appea GeanseT^pL I You Use Ifrvj >oonfuls of ^jl Y n it. It saves a Jt saves half the jP|l is the colors j/|||l goods, saves ; |l of woolens. 'Id idura the Water" jij ncr Durooses. It saves the II cs because it makes rubps unnecessary. Use it in and brightens the dishes 'our hands soft and white, ackage. r* and Druggists e Packages . I ent and benefit of ( ' rig a little Lavadura , j . j EMICAL CO. i j I I j I 'mi Mi/mm The Mutual Benefit Never Disappoints. A gentleman to wnom was recently delivered his eighth policy in the Mutual Benefit, wrote under date of January 11, 1909, as follows: "I acknowledge receipt of the eighth policy which you have written on my life in the Mutual Benefit- during the last ten or twelve years. Comparing the conditions and record of these policies with ten other policies which I have in New England and New Tork Old Line Companies, I can say that I regret that thee* ether ten are not also in your rnmnanu." Th? exnerlence of this policy holder is typical of that of every man who is insured in the Mutual Benefit and also in other companies. His other policies are in companies recognized as among the best You can save yourself future regrets, if you have not already Insured in some other company, by starting in the Mutual Benefit. 8AM M. GRI8T, 8p#cial Agent ' i (? ROSPECTSI EXCEPTIONALLY FINE J S TIME. IF HE MAKES I KTAIN TO GET A GOOD j* HE MAKES A SMALL 5 t GET A BETTER PRICE In a more prosperous condition Farm lands are becoming more J - *?? ? A*fUlAA IIOAX AH tha I B novcooai j at uwivo udcu vu vmw j same time the products of the Z ind more marketable. j ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE for the X DVANCED TO HIM ON THE V BANK COMMENCED TO X FARMERS' BUSINESS, ft EM HAVE MONEY TO ft IMS, CHARGING THEM g CENT Interest I 5 BANK HAS SUPPLIED ERS THIS YEAR THAN I ORE I obtain money from us, is that V will do your business with this y DOING BUSINESS WITH Z 2NCE TODAY. # h UNION BANK 5 LY SAFEU S 3UTH CAROLINA ] IRA B. DUNLAP, Cashier. 3 ' ' ? / tet ( *er" r/M/rr UV1LL l Y id Frank Pixley \ quirer's Next Serial ill Be Published By i of Mr. Read's Fubirpet-Bagger" is one st Stories and Is the to "The Jucklins," e Enquirer a Few itch for the Opening lie Carpet-Bagger.'' r Soon. ..UNIVERSITY.. op SOUTH CAROLINA 8CHOLAR8HIP EXAMINATION. The university op south CAROLINA offers Scholarships In the Department of Education to one youn? man from each county. Each Scholarship is worth $100 in money and $18 matriculation or "term" tree. Examination will be held at County seat Friday, July 2. Examination for admission to the University will be held at the same time. Write for information to 8. C. MITCHELL, President, Columbia, S. C. 47 t St SCHOLARSHIP AHD tilll'IUUlUXi Examinations Clamson Agricultural Col leg* At the County Court House on Friday, July 2nd, at 9 a. the Scholarship and Entrance Examinations to Clemson Agricultural College will be held under the direction of the County Board of Education. Applicants must be at least It years of age and must be prepared to enter the Freshman Class. There are no Scholarships in the Preparatory Class. This class is only open to a limited number of boys who cannot reach high schools and who are living It sections of the state where school facilities are poor. Scholarships are worth 9100.00 and Free Tuition. The next session of viemson Agricultural tjuuege win oegin Sept 8, 1909. Apply to the County Superintendent of Education after June 20th for needed Information concerning the Scholarship Examinations. For catalogs, further information and cards upon which to make application for entrance to Ihe College, address P. H. MELL, President, Clemson College, S. C. 47 It 7t 1786 1900. COLLEGE OF OE1RLESTOR 125th Year Begins October 1. vrm-D A vrnw ?? ?m w_ v w m iwvuv/ii cuuniuaiiuiiB wui uo Juj neld at the County Cburt House on Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. All candidates for admission can compete in October for vacant Boyde scholarships, which pay (100 a year. One free tuition scholarship to each county of South . Carolina. Board and furnished room in Dormitory, $12. Tuition, $40. For catalogue address. HARRI80N RANDOLPH, President. 44 tf 8t* The Agenoy for PAROID ROOFING is now eontroilsd by J. J. KELLER & COl 1 ^ Any property owner requiring a iiiat-viooo, ^iiiiaiiciu 1UVUU5 lut warehouses, barns, stores, tenant houses, gin. houses or low cost dwellings, will find this material most satisfactory. Fire resisting, waterproof, easy to lay and adapted for southern conditions. All fixtures supplied without extra charge. 4 Past performances of other unfortunate roofs need not worry you with this brand. Aslc for samples. LODGE 4 EMBLEM CARDS THE JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT OF THE ENQUIRER OFFICE IS PREPARED TO FURNISH ON SHORT NOTICE EMBLEM ADDRESS CARDS FOR ALL LODGES AND SOCIETIES. The Cardi are erf good quality of stock and the design or emblem of the order is embossed In appropriate colors and gold. Tbe Price for 160 Cards, Including Printing of Name and Names and Nambers of Lodges, Is $1.50. Mall Orders will m ive prompt attention. We can furnish Emblem Cards for the following Fraternal Orders: Bine Lodge, F. and A. M. Royal Arch Masons. F. A A. M. and R. A. M. combined. Knights Templar. ' Shrine and Shrine combinations. K. T., R. A. M? and F. A A. M. Woodmen of the World. Jr. O. U. A. M. If you are a member of a Secret Order you should have Cards giving J your name and the lodges to which " you belong. Cards are especially desirable when traveling, and make good souvenirs of good times. Address L. M. GRIST'S SONS A JOB PRINTING DEPT. YORKYTLLE ? ? ? 8. 0. *