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A Temptl* Guardian of Benares. b* "N?H??aI a?o(tr?phlo So # cltty. WMhln?ton. D. C.) WHAT might he called "the Main Street of India" la the groat roadway of the ages, roughly paralleling the foot hills of the Himalayas, lhat stretches through the heart ; of Hindustan from the Afghanistan border in the west to the east- coast. There lo nothing provincial about India's Main street. Starting at the Khyber pass, where the Afghan caravans weave a tenuous thread of trade between the frontier hills. It runs to Calcutta, ?vhere a goodly share of the world's shipping Is Idly swinging to the tides (?f the treacherous Hooghly. The railways which parallel its more linn 1.500 miles, as they parallel many at our own best highways, huve di verted much traffic from the open road :tnd cooped It up like crated fowls In third-class cars. But the bullock-cart mill rolls on and the motorcar has made its presence smelled from the northwest frontier province to Bengal. The "broad road" of Kipling's lama md Ills adventurous chela, Kim, runs through one of the most thickly pop-; ulated regions In the world. It Is a pl h I ii road from beginning to end. From the mud fort of Janirud to the docks -at Kidderpore, this highway is ; a low wHy. It passes over the water shed between the Indus and the Ganges at an altitude of less than a thousand feet, and thence runs along with the Jumna or the Ganges to the alluvial delta In the midst of whl^h Calcutta proudly reigns as queen. To the left, throughout thfclength of the road, are the eternal hills, be yond which the siiow wall of the world's mightiest mountains can some Mraen be seen. To the righfr Is the .Tumble of low hills which bear various name*, but which, If the peninsula of Indin were slightly lowered, would 'Virm the irregular northern base of <n arrow-shaped Island, with Its point <t Cape Comorln, opposite Ceylon. Although Main street rufis through ? region of rivers, let ns not think of U ?b ii garden land; for during much ?f the year it is dusty and dry and ?t im time does it liave the lush love in?'s>i which dots the hot southland v l r 1 1 scenes of refreshing beauty, ?"hroughout most of Its length Irrlga l?>n has been developed to a high de ?-reo. Hot and Cold, Dry and Wat. From tlie arid furnace of All Mnsjld, in the Khyber, to the steamy Sundar hans, i his road is deadly hot at times; ret along the watershed between In ? hn'n two moat famous rivers the nights n winter can be bitter cold, even for hose Mongolian peoples whose heavy ? ofttnmes remind one of the Hlmnlayen tnows. whence they come. Main street runs from the aridity of rhan ten Inches of rain annually, *>ar the Afghan border, to the region >f ?r, ln< lies. beside the lower Ganges; md It to "be continued farther, It *ou|i! Honk in the rains of Chlttagong r ClwKraputlJI, where Jupiter Fluvlus ? always wringing out his heavy < loads Hk? washed towels, and where ? n July. 1861, rain fell at the rate of -?ne f.uu h day. Cherrapunjl !s necuA 'onir?<l to this foi-m of hydraulic mln nt;. which Is wearing down the <"?aro ^nd Khasi hills, but with 73 feet of "ftin in twelve months, 1801 whs Known, evfn anions those to whom "sin is no novelty, as the year of the Mft rain. Throughout the entire plain which | flunks the gr**t Indian highway th? moan annual temperature Is between 75 and 78 degrees. In May the mean sotherm of all Iiulla run* so directly over the Grand Trunk road thai one would think that by atepplng Into the n<Mds on either side he would run off its 88.7 degree*, to 88.8 on the right ?oward the hot heerf ef the continental j i?nd mass end 88.6 on Iheilefl ee he te Darjeellng Ilacea arc strung out nlotfg Hie roau like ethnological exhibit*. hut the con atant flow of life along this boulevard of people Is such that the various sta^s In the transition, from the 1 ur ko-Irunlans. whose handsome faces til) the Kabul has^ar at 'Peshawar, to tht Mongolo-Dravidlans, who dominate the racial com pie*, of cosmopolitan Cal cutta, are difficult f??r the at ranger to detect. " Many Rao** and Tonjiua*. From the Pashto of Peshawar, which ? Persian can understand, one enters the linguistic area bf Lahnda, or West ern Punjabi, with plenty of Kashmiri, another of the Outer-Aryan tongues, beard In the Rawalpindi bar.aar. Then Punjabi, shading off to Hindustani, the] lingua franca of a much larger region than thnt where It 1h common speech. Eastern Hindi, Blhari, and Bengali com plete the needs of the man who would thread the road frooi Peshawar to Cal cutta and understand the. general con versation throughout. Along the whole road, one finds Hin dus and Mohammedans In Imposing proportions. Between Lahore and Delhi the Sikhs, with their military bearing, tlreek noses, and uncut hair, reveal themselves In considerable num bers and at Buddh (laya the yellow robe of tKe Buddhist adds a touch of variety to the religious complex. A book could be written about each of the cities and great geographical features along India's Main street. There is the Khyber pass, road to cen tral Asia, 'teeklug with history and romance, the military, political and ethnical keyfoTndia. P Will A war, nt~t its Indian end. Is the first market for the rich carpets from Bokhara and Merv and Afghanistan; for bright copper trays, sdteer veils and scores of other fascinating wares that come out of the north. Rawalpindi, a little farther to the > east, Is the gateway to charming Kashmir and entrepot for Its shawls, not so fine hs those of old, but still things of beauty. There Is Lahore, capital of the Punjab; and Amrltaar, whose carpets are known to all the world and ^ilch Is the Mecca and Je rusalem of the stately Sikhs. When It comeH to visitors, Delhi stands In a class by Itself. Benares g religions edifice with running. wa ter laid on. The Moia ground at Al lahabad is a hive of Hindu pilgrims. But Delhi attracts great numbers of visitors whose Interest Is not In tem- 1 pla or mosque, bat In the historical ? botldlngft of the fortress. Where Hindu* Prefer to Die. Beyond Delhi Ilea Agra of the wonder ffol Taj Mahal, moet beautiful of the I world's memorials; Allahabad, where the sacred (Janges and almost equally Mtcred Junna meet; and Benares. From a religious point of view Benares I is a city of perpetual piety ; physical y i It is a creacent waterfront on a filtby^ stream backed by a malodorous city. The river frout Is lined with a succes sion of ghats or huge stairways, and palace* which make It a vision of beauty But unfortunately Benares IS the farorlfe place for Hindus to din. Thousands of them go there for that purpose and their half -charred bodies are consigned to .the waters of the Ganges. After Lahore and Benarea, after the riiy color* of Amrlt**r and the dun ,-rowds of Allahabad. Calcutta Is of little interest. The docks teem vslth life in suite of lnactfon resultant upon the mystery of foreign exchange. The district inHiie Infamous by the Black Hole Is now ms imposing with snitd-lofiklnsr bank building* as any Oc cidental financial district, and no more ?o. KiHghat almost, bat not quite, re minds on^ of Benares. The theaters almost, but not quite, recall Piccadilly Circus nr TMea ejvare. - **t 0*le?tta. '?a ?ni>lr?' phr??e whleh la alweya l?ft fm type bf SUCCULENT CA3BAGE HAS LONG HISTORY Its Origin Lo$t in the Mist$ of Antiquity . Should the history of the cabbage uyer he written. it may prov# to lie UJltVXlitiC'-CCDy . thrilling. Remarkable facts concerning that humble vegetable have been dlsroveivd hy Prof. Ull|< xles Gotfl, th?< botanist.; "Cabbage*. kales, i-uuli flower* and bru>?acls sprouts," sa.Vs tho professor, all originated in tlu- wild cn.bbt1 ?e, * ita^jve- o( ihe coast uud the south ot Kuglaml. The cahUage as we know It was the Aral development of the wild plant, and from It appeared the cauli flower and the sprout. 4 'The origin of the species Is lost Id antiquity, hut the Romans appear to have cultivated It. The remark able thing la that each type entered more or less suddenly Into the vegetable I garden. "A gardener In these nnclent days may have planted a cabbage on a cer tain spot and have wakened up some morning to tlnd a cauliflower or a stalk of sprouts in Its place. "There was no gradual development. It happened spontaneously. In the case of the cauliflower, there waa art Inflorescence, and the green flivver be came white, succulent and fleshy, though noi to the degree that we know It today. "The sprout whi the result of the cabbage, Instead of confining Its ef forts to the attainment of one large bloom, determining to multiply Itself into a numerous clump of tejulet he&d*. "It la In this way thai we uow think' Evolution has taken place ? the pro ductlqn of new and market! varieties with fully developed characters. <'Wbat U8n$im?\Uou: Interesting development! Dtty fMuIt from the experiment*. Why toot, for example, a 'caullsprout' from the par ent cabbage, or perhaps a 'carhlp' from the carrot or the turnip?" "Aa a food the cabbage has a long and honorable career," aays the com missioner of health, New York city, "If baa graqed the tables of kings. The favorite dish of Kmperor Pompey was cabbage. 1 have 110 doubt that many another ruler, If he admitted the truth, would confess a yearning for corned beef and cabbage. It must be terrible to live on ambrosia and nect'ar! "The cabbage Is a valuable food be cause It Is rich In lime and potash. - "Humans require roughage, coarse Indigestible material, just as aulmals do. Kvery farmer can testify to the necessity of such foods for his stock. Kvery dietary expert agrees that roughage must be supplied if we are to be healthy. "Cabbage is Important, then, be cause It supplies lime and because It | furnishes roughage. When It Is served ' with delicious dressing It toiakes a fit dish for any table. "la Scotland the ?atmeal Is cooked in the cabbage water,' taking a dish called "kale broge." In this way the mineral elements are saved. "Almost everybody can eat raw -abbage, but the cooked vegetable dis agrees with many. As a matter of fact, too, when the cabbage Is boiled much of Its valuable material Is car ried away. Steaming. Instead of boil l?IT. guards against the calcium loss." .. Cleveland Plain Dealer. London Wants More Color London Is showing signs of revolt against white or -red brick house fa rad es, tire color scheme of the Kng llsh capital for centuries, perhaps. "Buff and hro^-n may i>e added to red and white to relieve the situation. George Topham Forrest, architect to the London County council, who re cently spent several months inspecting buildings in tlds country, said there was something monotonous in h long series of dingy gray houses and. hav ing noticed in the United States an at tempt had heen made to relieve this monotony by the use of colored ma terials, he Intended to follow suit. On the council's Becontres (Kssex) estate, some 3,000 houses will be erect ed, In which the American Idea of mixed colorings will be adopted. Dental' Motor Car The Pennsylvania state department of health has placed in operation a plan by which It hopes to have every child la Bedford, Somerset, Tioga, Pot-? ter and Wyoming counties physically lit when he enters school next fall. A health and dental nrotor car, !n the charge of experta, left recently to visit theae counties this summer. Field workers hare mapped out the Itinerary and will notify parents of children of actiool age when the health clinic will he able to examine their children. Aft er the children's physical defects have bean diagnosed, they then will he turned over to the home corninu nity physician for treatment. Average Life 56 The average length of life In the United States now Is fifty-six yours, an Increase of fifteen years since 1870, according to a recent report of the United States public health service, la the Sixteenth centnry human life averaged only between eighteen snd fwenty year*. Coney Island Cannibalism When daylight came and the Run woke the sleepers, Sorf avenue was aa busy as on an ordinary night Throaia surged tot* the restaurant*. to stilts went to the bethbmaa* te get wesmm far the 4*y. ? Mew York Time* Ancestor* It is urged in defense of the lowly and in disparagement of th? well born that a man cannot select his ancestors but us a matter of Met a man frequently does, Take the case of the man whose great-great-great-grandshire was a famous general. This man had two grandfathers, four great-gntn^l fathers, eight great-great grand fathers and >ixtecn great-gicat great-grandfathers, of whpm the gen eral was one. Kach of the sixteen had a wife, so that the gentleman's cosmos contains but one thirty-second part of the general. When blood gets ho thin it leaves little trace, and yet this man selects the general as his ancestor and says nothing of the others. The reason is obvious. The others were nobodies. Wo have, then, a gentleman who is one part general and thirty-one parts nobody; and yet in many ways he seems to be the general come to life again. He has the general's pride and manners and love of decency. ,A t first glance this seems a puzzle but the solution is simple. The general, being the one ancestor thut family pride cares to remember, has been talked about and presented to children as a model for many gen erations. The gentleman is like the general because the general was used ( as a pattern in shaping his life. The general's pride that he seems to inherit is not an inheritance, It is n home-grown pride, based on the luct of the general. The man says to himself: "1 am descended from a general; that's who I am. Wherefore he carries his head high and look the world in the face. But -if there was no blood conncction, and the gently man merely thought there was, his pride would be no less. Which brings us at last to the point: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." The well-born have a tremendous advantage merely be cause they have something to live up to. And parents render a genuine service when they forget the nobodies .011 the family tree and preserve the few somebodies to inspire the kids. An ancestor is worth while if he can stiffen the backbone of a modern who might not be worth a whoop without family pride to keep him decent and set him a mark. ? Foun | tain Inn Tribune. Arrest In Rainwater Caae Jack Mitchell has been lodged in the jail at Chesterfield for investiga tion in connection with the killing of F. P. Rainwater, Cheraw mer chant, who was killed in Chesterfield county, August 10. tl requires sixty men to carry the two-ton carpet covering the floor of -the Waterloo Chamber of the King's Windsor Castle in England. It is 80 feet long and 40 feet wide and took ?even years to weave. How Concrete Helps the Farmer FARMERS who have the advantage of permanent, expenae-proof building save time and money that would otherwise go to keep ramsh tckle building* lit for UK. Concrete dairy barnainean healthier cows th.it give xndre milk; and that means bigger inilk checks, Concrete ailos make possible economical, dependable feed the year 'round ? which a d|0 moans more milk. Concrete manure, pits prevent Ichs of valuable fertiliz ing elemental in manure. f ' ? Concrete corn cribs keep out rats and mice. You can't ?ell these pests *o why fatten them ! Concrete feeding floors and hog houses make healthy, profitable hogs. Concrete protects the home, a ad other farm buildings against tire. * * * Woulda't^you'like to know more about Concrete how to mix and use it, and how to estimate quantities of materials? We will gladly supply you with this informa tion without chnrge. Write today for your free copy of "Plans for Concrete Farm Buildings," PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION Hurt Building ATLANTA, GA. A National Organization to Improve and Extend the Vies of Concrete OFFICES IN jo C I T I E 8 The freighter Saugus, from Spain to New York, slid onto the submerged ledge of an iceberg. S. O. S.'s were answered but the vessel was finally released by a movement of the ice mass and proceeded on her way to port. NOTICE OF SALE State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. II. L. Schlosburg vs. DeLoache Motor Company, Incor porated. Under and by virtue of an assign ment and transfer by DeLoache Motor Company, Incorporated, to H. L. Schlosburg, of date April 17,. 1925, I will offer for sale, for cash, during the legal hours of sale, before the Courthouse door of the City of Camden, on the 26th day of Septem ber, 11)25, the following described personal property: Six (G) shares of capital stock of Camden Wholesale Grocery, Certificate Number Forty six (46). H. L. SOttLOSBUJfcG. September 9, 1925. 24-25-sb "A British economist estimated the ratio between the productiveness of the worker in dry America and in beer-drinking Britain as that between' $3,750 'and $1,500. A writer in the English Brewing Trado Review de serts that seven American workers are equal to ten in England." ? Rep. John G. Cooper. NOTICE OF SALK State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. H. L. Schlosburg vs. W. R. DeLoache Under and by virtue of an assign ment and transfer by W. R. DeLoache to H. L. Schlosburg, of date April 12, 1924, I 'will offer for sale, for cash, during the legal hours of sale, before the Courthouse door of the City of Camden, on the 26th day of September, 1925, the following per sonal property: Five (5) shares of capital stock in the Peoples Bank of Camden, South Carolina, Certificate Number 60. H. L. SCHLOSBURG. September 9, 1926. u "It Certainly Is a Smart-looking Car" That's what everyone has to say who has seen the latest Ford cars. That such attractive motor cars could be offered without the alighte9tincreaseinprices, seemed incredible to a public long famil iar with Ford values. Yet enthusiasm for the smart ne w appearance can never supersede the fact that it is the quality of materials and workmanship that has made the Ford the world's leading automobile value. New beauty has not crowded out tra ditional Ford reliability. The very volume of Ford output demands absolute accuracy of every working part. The steady flow of production is dependent upon parts fitting together perfect ly; inaccaracies would interrupt and delay assembly. And to this precision must be largely credited the uniformly fine performance and freedom from trouble of alt Ford cars. Closed cars now shown in color are unusually pleasing; new and finer upholstery giv^s an artistic harmony to the cars. Bright nick eled radiators feature the closed cars ttnd nickeled headlamp rims are on all types. The fenders are larger and longer, and the running boards are wider. Comfort is increased by the cars' lower center of gravity, by the low, deep, wide seats, by the added foot room, and by many other refinements that contribute to your ease, convenience and safety. I fere is the ideal car for a woman's personal use? good-looking, trustworthy, easy to handle and inexpensive to maintain. Here, too, is a practical oar for any fam ily ? that every member of the family can enjoy. Tudor Sedan - $880 * For dor Sedan ? 66O D?i?unaMt rim* and ?tartar ?tn oA *p*?t can Runabout $264) Touring - - 290 Coup * ? ? & 20 All pri? f. h. TLmtrMt * * KERSHAW MOTOR CO. Camden, S. C.