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As we go to press we are grieved to learn of the death of Eugene Alexander, which occurred late yesterday after noon. Turkich Farriery. Turkish horseshoes are simply a flat plate of Iron with a hole In the middle. fu his volume of "Personal Adven tures" Colonel J. P. Robertson de- I scribes the extraordinary method of I preparing the horse to be shod. The farrier takes a good long rope, doubles it and knots i loop at the end to about the size of a good large horse I collar. This is put over the horse's head after the manner of a horse col - r, the knot resting on the horse's i hest. Then the two ends of rope are brought between his legs. Each rope, then taken by a man, Is hitched on to the fetlocks of his hind legs and brought through the loop in front: then by a hard, steady pull the hind hgs are drawn tip to the fore legs, and the 1 horse falls heavily on his side. All four feet are then tied together by the fetlocks, the horse is propped up on his back, and the farrier sits quiet ly down beside him, takes off all the old shoes and puts on new. When the work is finished the horse is untied and allowed to get up. Crab Has 2, O Joints. The crab known as the scale talled apus was believed to have become ex- I tinct in Great Britain fifty years ago. I the last recorded speelmens being tak Ow. In the ponds on Hampstead heath. But now it has turned up agaiu In some numbers in two ponds on Pres ton Morse, near Southwick, in Kirk eudbrightshire. About two and a halft Inehes- long, the apusa bears a very' striking likeness to that remarkable creature, the king crab, and this be cause the fore part of the ho.dy is cov *red by. a great semicircular shield or carapace, while, as in the king crab, it swims on its back. In the great number of its legs the seale tailed apus has few rivals, while in the num ber of the points, which these share between them noiether creatsure can compare. The naturalig Schaffer once essayed the task ,oL.counting them and made the magnificent total of 1.802, 604. Latrelle put dowin the ilumber at a round 2,000,000.-London Graphic. German Universities. The examination for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the German universities will be sufficiently ilu trated by giving in brief the require- 1 ments In the University of Jena. The candidate after gaining permission to enter for the degree presents a short sketch of his life in Latin or German, a maturity certificate, evidence of at least three years of academical study, evidence that he has enjoyed a good reputation tip to the present tine, an I original scientific treatise in German C In his own handwriting and a written declaration on word of honor and oath ' that the thesis is the candidate's own Composition. The payment of 240 marks'' is required. In the oral examination I the subject of chief importan'-e gtal et whieh the thesis (Mri while the 4? ecnddate .'lsd~ad to select two ml it' ~' ddects. After this examlnatin E and the distribgipon .o,%A80 copIes of the thesis to tlie fa'cultyr the degree Is conferred.-School Bulletin. - Inaset Hypnetism. "Did you over know." said the hypno tiat as ho played with a curious, glt - tering hypnotiaing machin, of crystal 'c and silver, "dId you ever know that hypnotism is practiced among insects?.. "No." "Well, it is a fact. A queen bee can hypnotize her whole hive whenever she wants to. She makes a curious humming sound, and within a moment or two every bee in the colony falls Into a hypnotic trance. "The death's head hawk moth Is also a hypnotist of great power. This cren ture. Indeed, makcs Its living out of htypnotism. Entering a hive, It makes a sound not unlike the queen bee's note, and, the bees immediately sink dng into slumber. the moth proceeds to plunder at its leiure."-New Orleans Times-Democrat. Pree Consent of the People. The "pioneer American Democrat" -was the Rev. Thomas Hooker of Con 'necticut, who, in a sermon In Hartford in the year 1033. saId. "The founda tion of all authority is firstly laid in the free consent of the people." There, in embryo, were the Revolution and the great republic. In the "Futndi mental Orders of Conmnecticut." iuspired *by Hooker and aidoptedl at Hartford in *1638, we have tile first written consti tution knownt to iaitory that created a gov'ernment. And that government *was as near' a perfect democracy as the wvorld has ever seen.--New York Ameriean. Mirs. Kawner-How Is Johnny gettit along as a grocer's clerk?. Mrs. Crossway - Well en'ough, I guess. Hie can tie up a paickage withi a knot that you catn't untie to save your very life, yet it'll comec untieed it. - self as soont as you get on the train -with it.--Chicago Trribune. Aittle Too Far. "There is such a thing as-overdoin your part," declared a man of the lav wIto now ha~s the knowledge gained b; much experience. "Shortly after I began practice il the west I was called upon to defel( I man who had drawn a revolver. m mother and threatened to kill lin rhe accused did not have a characte tbove reproach, but the prosecutisji sviltness was also shady in reputation and I made the most of this fact. )Ictured him as a d )-perador of th( nost dangerous type, i man that wa* t constant menace to the communit; md one who would recognizo no othe: aw than that of force. Such men i ie, I inslbted, made necessary the or "anization of vigilance committees aIm njured the fair name of the wes tmong the older communities of thti !obntry. "The jury returned a verdict of gull :y and my man was sentenced to 1 rear's imprisonment. As soon as cour Idjourned the foreman of the jur% :nine to me and said: 'Young elle' rou spread it on too thlck. After tha :hore rip snortin' speech of yourn w( :ouldn't do nothin' else 'an what w lone.' "'I don't understand you, sir.' "'You don't? Why, we found thi lurned gerloot guilty 'cause he didn' shoot.' "-Detroit Free Press. Ballet Shoes. Ballet shoes fit like a stocking. The) tre of leather, with a thin leather solf khout an Inch wide and with th* up pers sewed so that they dome unde the foot. The ballet dancer wants nc rubber heels, instep arch supporte no any- other of the toot supporting o: reforming devices which are,.common ly used by ordinary mortals. The tot ilancer desires a hard box toe on he: ballet shoes, but the ordinary dance: eeks only shoes ftfat will give perfee freedon of movement of the joints An muscles of the feet. It Is a rile ,t Iood dancers, a shoe man of expe'ri ence says, to wear shoes that will al low for space between the toes. It I i point of good fit that all person should heed, he s!ays. High heel;; ar Put on to stage shoes for eftect. not to )rotmote good dancing. Many stao" ;hoes are made with short fore part tnd high heels to make the feet look nmaller and the person taller.-Pposton globe. What Did Ho Mean? Mike Maloney's wife was an invn!!:i. tud the doctor had been dolig all iorts of things for her. chan.Im: then nedicine so often that poor Mike's in !ome would searcely reach awl m:k. oth ends meet. and at last the do, ;or iaid that his wife must go to i warm. r climate. Mike listened to that advice for rev Pral months, and finally when Oeml.'v !ame the doctor told Mike one amr. lay evening after all of his wook'. wages had been spe- that his wife Positively must be s< c "to a warm4 'limate withoutdeli) ' r.e Mike left the room for a f r min tem, and when he returne" le wax riping his eyes with )' left hnwI rhile with .4k-r ttand he brought eL~r. *hich he gave to the physlelmn. aying: "I hate to do it, doe. You phas~~me o it for me."-Kansas City Independl nt. Prmotioai Help For Deafners. I have provse.that .this is really prnec ical. Get a common pasteboard amilln ube such as pictures or music is mail d4 In and hold it to the ear closely, The result Is wonderful. A very dent erson can hear distinctly everything hat is said by any one- sitting on thme ther side of the room. At first ihoughi ne is inclined to ridicule so simple a aethod. I bought a good ,long rne, arge enough to fit over the ear, for 0 cents. One can get theum At any~ usiness stationer's. I tried It 4o1 rrandmnother, who is very deaf. Shen ould hear well and, what wais more emarkable, could also hear wiih her 'ery deaf ear, with which she h. nol ceard a sound foi- seven years. Try it That's all 1 have to aay.-Harpaer'i hazar. American Woman in German ICyes. Amerleaun girls, whether born or serely brought up in Ameriea. evt. lence the same independence of Jundg nent and the same complete self re lance. It ia hard to say whether this a the result of the ediucation in the tmlic schools and] raileges or, in thena reedomi from thar-condition of' lega;l md social. subserviency to~ whmlem the rentler sex is doomed in older cim flIes.-Max von Ihrandt i Bermii )eutsche Itevue. Women in Japan. A Japanese saying rn: "Woan Is n unmanageal d creature; flatter h er, lio is elated; thras1h her, she weepth; :1l1 her, her spiri haunts you." We would sr~gcest that the best rem dy is to love he'r.--Japan Trimes. Carlyls's Creed. Man Is born to expend every liar iele of strength that God Almighty mss given him ini doing the work in iuds he is fit for, to stand it out tc ~he best breath of life and do his best, -Thomas Carlyle. A Tale of Two Parrots' An old taId lid a parrot Whose f. Voritte exlleesit wi. "I wish the 0] woImn wV314 deaid." Tihis worried her a great deal, au one day wtheii the minister called ai spoke to him about It. Ie said lie hai a parrot which only said religlot tlil!ig:wand that he would I)rlng It ov( sole time and see if It would n( break lier bird from usiug Its favorli So one uIlght they were golug to hav a meeting : her honlse. and he gathei ed up bl.4 parrot anid took It with bin When it wenit I:a he holn; 111.4 eaige II near where the old nald's was han Ing 'I'le mteeting was being opene with prayer, and all of a sudden he parrot saidi: "I wi'kI the old wom1an11 was dead." Th1e mInilstter's parrot coV1'l'il lis ha antd, looking at the other pirrot. In soleinit vokle said: "We ie..:eeelh thee to hear us, goo I.ord."-indge's L.ibrary. Rotation of Crops. It seems that every force in natur is trying to compel the farmer to praq tiec a rotation of crops. If corn I grown for several years on the sam plat. the land will be Infected with a manner of insects. from the root wor and louse to the Insect that eats tb tassel. The farmer who grows whel year after year on the same plat < ground has the Hessian fy and ti chinch bug to contend with; cotte planter and tobacco planter have eac insects to fight and fungous diseases I overcome because one crop has bee grown continuously for'a number 4 yeqrs on the same plat. It rotation practiced these Insects and diseias may be hold in check. If t'otation not followed no remedy will destrc .or over-come. thens-SotstherWt ftoittvl tor. Quit* a "Charaoter." Here Is a "character" given to servant on leaving her last altnimtioi "The bearer has been in my house year. less eleven months. DurIng th lime she has shown herself dil:gent i the honse door. frugal In work. min4 ful or herself, prompt In excusea au hione-t when everythinl was out of tl v.V."--London Tit-llts. Awed into Humility. Man for iall. if not woman ft voman. the humility anid terror < Amerie.'.nm in tIhe' presieice of En. !lsh peoule. 'ti' their own class ( alove' It li. w!th wh:tever ('are di Telsed. a :'tke thing.- Lon(l onu loo!k. Dut Har-1 - Tzit. "Walt Is the re''essential diffe enee"' !mww. Im'hoos and to"' T. ne'iv the dif'erence between I eaist and a funeral."-Baltimore Ame I11. A blithe heart makes a blooming Y1 age.--irlsh Proverb. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All personsl hoelding olalma against ti e- tate of thn itnta B. B. COnh ran mn c reaent tihe same duly - proven on or hi fore the 1t d ay of March, 1908, orI d,'hstrred paiymenut: and~ 'cli personccs euted to ai tatettc mnatit m ke pa -nou;t in or before the above, date to ti umlner, ignc"d. Mrse. Lent. M. Coehr .n, Arlib mhstratrix Runeca, 8. ci., Jan. 9, 1908..8 Notice to Pensioners. I will I..' ine the courthouse every elh in Jacnuary, 1908, for tihe peerpo.we makingp ont alppIi~ inis for old en! /ie ccwii wid-'W4 thiac ar--- not tnow gettim pensMd~ion, 11nd4 wvah to eapplty for p,-ncsioa Aill now dr-ewing wIll cntinmna tol g< yeencsion withouct fnrther Iuppheooition. J. B. Newbery, Pensionu Commissioner. Jarn. 6s 1908 NOTIUE TO 'IEACHERS Pickens. S. O.g Dec. 28, 1907. -'hcere will he an exacmmtiton f< I teob'e in thme cour13tholcE' Fridl y, lai 1'7, 1908. Examninaion to e ,mnmction 9 o'clock. Bly order of state Board< Edmwati n. 11 T. HAue, Co. Snpt. Eanmoetion. INotice of Final Settlement and Di charge. Notie in hnrebsy givens thait I will mieli auppli.-ncii.-i to J. B. N.-whurs , E-q .1 eIde elf Probl to focr Picnken<' county,. tie' St.re. * f ".onthi (3croiina. (cn the 61 I 'Iy el Fc'Irnacr., . 1908, cat 11 eooek thli ~'ee for iiio, 'r a aonl th 'reaftmor a I aaid jplion-i 'enn (hu e hieard, for' len anke fialcttletmut, of the e'state R reet Smth, Areased, andi obtai diuchabcrge as aedmncitraerix of( 'eid inte.Luc(y A. Snmith, Ad mintratrix. Jan. p9, 1908.-I4 ' Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All percsonc hobbei go. ht ma gainst .I cetcte elf thes la1e J. E, u. We tt maalet pr ent~ the saeme eiuly prove-u tin ('r befo th.e first day of Feb. 1908. or hei dhhrn pacymlent; and till personsA ineb~ted scid eatato, mnact mnako paymI1ent on before thn -.hovo dato to the nudersigne Dec. 19,1907, t8. J1. E. Wyatt, Admrat., Greenville. 8. (L d 18~ THE SEASON'S it L t1 Our business in 1907 their records and we each and every one ot appi ecia tion for their We expect to try ha a larger business and Sthat can't be resisted H n n pf la Is Resp Craig br oX L3.PRI(.'E CA W. E. Freerr "AT THE OLD We wishi to retutrn ot on~ar may riend~.stand c trade' dusring the pa. y w as luarger thanat we exp it ,good goodIs andi clJos _ tay ahing you will iuncres Ius dur~ing 1908. S A happy new year to in. E14FF011 Southern Shorth and Busine Atlanta, Ga., al~o Alb Over r15,000 Graduates Ete. An average of two opeiiga for Oeey bItdent th -70 typewriting machines," 'The SouthIern,11 a ~ls ondcts~ the ATLANTA SCHOOL 0 1:1p011 whicih inst itut lon the ralltoarix ant telexr uph co' or. l0 Main Line Wires Run ii Write for enaltogne. -Enter now. 'lIhe Southern l3 In the South. Areidress, A. C. BRISCOE, Pres., or W. I I Atlanta, C Ias surpassed all wish to extend to our cus'omterS our liberal patronage. rder in 1908 to do offer inducements by the cash buyer. "ctfully, others, Ian & Co., STAND." ar hearty thanks to us3t(e'rr for' the r 'ar. O)1ur buisnnness ecte'd it to be, and ~.- fioggre ouut for se youri trade! wiI h ', ou ull. li D o. ss University nly, Ga. Branch in Positions peN tI~o apher ~ 1eraii Operatorh F TELEGRAPHY aIpani-a are cuntnntly calIllex for pera-. 'to This School. the oieie auct latit hlustates C (llegt! .ARNOLDI, Vice-Press