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jßpn ** I- vnju I pmm 3 - wsr Jf vOo, >o^ Of all that a lady uses, wears, or eats, nothing is more vital to her daily com fort than properly-fitted shoes. It decides the question of how she shall finish each day —whether tired and unhappy or rested and comfortable. Not one woman in eight is properly fitted to proper shoes. If you will give us a little extra time some day, we will fit your feet scientifically and accurately to a pair of “Queen Qual ity” Shoes. Your discomfort will cease from that hour. Maynard Bros'. IS,” DIKES IN GERMANY. They Are Built With Great Care and Exactness. When a dike is lo l>e I uilt—and they are still in places making dikes It is first mapped out hy the neatly sharp ened stakes, a long straight causeway lead lug out from shore and widening into a rounded head whl< h ajjnts on the red line of the ehannel. Then a ground siil or foundation mattress of willows is woven and sunk at this head and pinned down and held in place hy the sharpened pegs. Then wattles are woven and sand tilled In. mid in places rock, at:d then, roundfng up neatly out id the water and form ing a tight covering to the whole, the hand squared blocks' 1 of stone are laid, as closely as a city pavement, all over the head and back along the nook to the old shore. It is as permanent and stable ns the Harvard stadium, the dike so built, nud the river, abandon ing the space back of the tip to slack water or to be tilled in with sand, flows on with entire grace in the re stricted channel beyond the tip. The care and exactness with whi h these dikes are made would be laugh able if It were not so successful. In ft land where hand labor is very cheap days are devoted to doing what in America would be roughly cast by ma cblnery In a couple of hours. Rut the result Is so admirable that one re members regretfully the ugly pile dikes, the horrid fringes <f the im proved “off channel*’ banks of the Mis sissippi. Where the dikes have accomplished their purpose and generally on tlit* banks opposite to Ihein tlie river is revetted above middle water. This, 100, is done with the hand squared stones, and as a result the Kibe where completely finished resembles a broad canal between stone lined banks, the stone rising a few feet above the wa - ter. and above it the green slope of the fields or a fringe of willows. It is all peaceful, complete and generally beau tiful, with at least ILe beauty of util ity where it lacks that of ruggedness and wildness,—Boston Transcript. GILA MONSTER'S BITE. The Reptile Turns Over to Get Venom Into Its Victim. It was his turning over habit that led me to the discovery as to the bite of the Gila monster. This creature, more like a short, stocky snake with legs on than anything else, has no poi son fangs, like the rattlesnake, yet his bite may be just as dungcrous. His poison teeth are in his lower jaw. and the poison comes from a gland under the tongue. If he bites without turn ing over the wound is not serious, but If he turns over there is great danger. Dr. Snow of the University of Kan sas wrote me some time ago of an cx- perienee he had with the bite "cv a Gila monster. The reptile was caught and put in a bucket, the top of which was covered with paper. The bucket was then put In the wagon in which the doctor was driving. As the road was somewhat rough, the bucket was bounced up and down, and in order to steady it Dr. Snow put !<!s hand Rebind him and took hold of the bucket, thrusting his fingers through 4 tho newspaper cover on its top so (hat lie could hold it se cure. Suddenly he felt the monster’s grip on his lingers. Startled and some what alarmed, lie carefully pried the jaws of the reptile open and released himself. The wounds were such as any ordinary bite would have made, and lie suffered no more inconvenience than might have been expected. There are many stories current in Arizona and Sonora as to deaths that have occurred from Gila - monsters’ bites, but it is hard to get at the facts, ('areful experiments made with ani mals show that when the reptile bites and turns over, so that the poison flows down the tooth grooves into the wound, the bitten creatures die in a short time. Suburban Life. WfHCULTIES AT SIiWANEE. A dispatch to Sunday's Con stitution says: P. John Maughon and Zaek Pan caster, a mile and a half from this place, about 8 o’clock this morn ing, fit the formers home, engaged in a serious difficulty, said to have E)cen caused by family troubles, re sulting In the latter being critically if not finally, cut in the back. Later in the day Lon Cowart engaged in a difficulty at the Preen hardware store. After being or dered out >f the store Cowart drew his pistol, clinching Mr. Green, who grasped the weapon after it had been discharged, and narrowly averted a fatal difficulty- Mr. Green sustain ed the loss of two of his front teeth, hut was not otherwise injured Cowart, who is a mountaineer, was arrested, but before committal trial made bis escape, and is still at large. Sheriff Brown, at Lawrence ville, has Wen notified, and every effort will be made to capture him. may not make the man, but it certainly helps some when the mercury is flirting with the zero mark. PROFESSIONAL CARDS • .1. F. HOLMES, attorney-at-law, Statham, (la. Criminal and Commercial Law a •Specialty SPtJRGKON WILLIAMS. DENTIST, Winder - - - Geobgia Offices over Smith & Cant he: e I asik. All work clone satisfac torily, W. H. QUARTERNAN attorney at law Winder, (3a. Practice in all the courts. Commercial 'aw a specialty. W. L. DeLaPERRIERK DENTAL SURGERY. Winder - - Georgia Fillings, Bridge and Plate-work done in most scientific and satis factory way- Offices on Broad St. ALLEN’S ART STUDIO. All kinds of Photographs made by latest methods. All work done promptly. Office ofi Candler St., Winder Go. PUBLIC SALE. Will be sold at public outcry, to j tln ’liighest bidder,on the primises of j the late G. W. Steed, deceased, Jackson County Georgia, Chandler’s j district, on Tuesday, Dec. 2!), 1008,1 beginning at 10 o'clock a. in., all ; the perishable pioporty f above j named deceased, as fo lows: One first-class Mule, 5 years old, weighing 1050 pounds, one good 2-horse Wagon, about 800 or 1000 bundles of first class Fodder, 50 bushels of Corn, 500 or 600 bushels ot Cotton Seed,onethird interest in McCormick Mower and Rake, one Hog, Farming Tolls and Household and Kitchen Furniture and many other artiehs not herein mentioned. Be on hand at hours named, as sale begins promptly at time designated. J. N. STEED, Agent. DAMELSVILLE STILL ON BOOM. EortpSine Criminal Cases Tried In City Court and Everybody Guilty. The oily court adjourned Wed nesday night of last week, alter three days of hard work. The court was organized with 25 jurors and ran through having to catch up a single juror outside yf the 25. Another remarkable record was that not a single ease tin the criminal side of tin 1 court that went to the jury but that a verdict of guilty was returned. There were 49 criminal eases and 1 civil case disposed of. The jurors were prompt in return ing their verdict in criminal cases, none of them beinge out over 15 minutes. — Danielsviile Monitor. Tells Truth and Leaves Town. It is told of a Michigan editor that lie grew tired of lying about 'p -ople in obituary notices, and then have people call him a hypocrite, si he wrote up one well known citizen. We have not bent able to learn what became of the editor: “Died —Age fifty-six years six month and fifteen days. Deceased was a mild-mannered pirate with a mouth for whiskey and an eye for boodle. He came here at "night- with another man’s wife and joined the church at the first chance. He owed us seven dollars on the paper. You could hear him pray six blocks. He died singing “Jesus Paid It All,’ and we think lie is right, as he nevei paid anything himself. He was buried in an asbestos casket and bis friends threw palm fans into his grave, as he may need them. His to nbstone will be a favorite rest ingp lace for hoot owls.” —Ex. k mn4 mm STLOU,S M ' 4 J J|k v This Name Stands For QUALITY [f you [want an easy shave with the best razor on earth, get the KEEN KUTTER SAFETY. See Special offer at Smith Hardware Cos., WINDER, GEORGIA. A BANK ACCOUNT Will give you a financial standing in the community. Did you ever hear it said of your neigh bor, “He has a bank account?” It means more than dollars and cents. It means“ For Progress and Enterprise” . and in selecting your depository you make no mistake in choosing THE INDER BANKING COMPANY, WINGER, GEORGIA. Whose motto is “Every Accommodation Con sistent With Sound Banking.” Bagwell Business College. GEORGIA S LEADING BUSINESS TRAINING SCHOOL. FELIX BRYAN. Stenographer Southern R. R. after fonr months course in night School. 198 PEACHTREE ST., ATLANTA, GA. Possibly Mr. Roosevelt thinks it will be easier to kill l>ears in Africa than in Wall stmt. Then, too, the bears there won’t place hisname in the Ananias Club. The splendid records of our I students and their success in hold ing the best. positions clearly demonstrates that our modern methods and systems of Short hand and Book-keeping save one half the time required for old systems and that they make more 'competent Stenographers and Book-keepers. Exclusive right to teach the famous CHARTIER system of Shorthand in this section. POSITIONS SECURED. A good position is secured for every graduate upon completing the course. Write or call for beautifully illustrated Catalog. The Jacksonville Times-Union very aptly says that the democratic party needs now is more initiative and less referendum. —Athens Ban ner.