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®he fort # flint’s Sentinel. JOSHUA JONES, PUBLISHER. VOL. I. The Clock. “Tick, tock, tick, took,” Sings the little round-faced clock. “See how fine I am, line folks. Hear my voice; it never croaks, Nor sings out with ancient drawl, Like old granther on the wall. I’m a jolly, merry, clock, Where the dancers love to flock And to dance till break of day; Thore I lightly tick away. “I’m no striker, you see When ‘our young man’ comes to tea, And to stay a wee bit o’er, I don’t strike out ‘There’s tho door,’ When full midnight finds him here. Nay, I tick so sweetly clear, In each tick I put such bliss, Sweethearts cannot help but kis3. Babies come at my soft call: But old granther on the wall Strikes and croaks iu such a way, Brightened sore, they will-not stay. “Tick, tock, tick, tock. I am just the sort of clock Bor the bright ones of the earth. All life’s merry hours from birth To old ago I lightly tell, With a rhythmic rise and swell, As if hours were dancers gay On the golden floor of day. Tick, tock, tick, tock,” Sings the merry, cherry clock. —M. Phelps Dawson, in Leslie’s Weekly. The New Hired Girl, BY F. H. ETAUFFER. “Robert,” she said, one morning, “you must put an advertisment in the paper for a girl today. Jeannette has already given me warning, and she only came on Monday. Was there ever anybody so annoyed and imposed upon as I am? These servants scorch your handkerchiefs, burn the pud¬ ding, neglect the children, break more than their wages amount to— and are altogether a lazy, saucy, dis¬ respectful set! Once I get a good girl, I shall keep her, I know!” The advertisement was duly insert¬ ed, and tho next day Mrs. Goddard’s nerves were constantly on a stretch, and so were the bell-wires. Applicants proved abundant, but Mrs. Goddard could not, or would not make a selec¬ tion. She was determined to be pleased for once. “Well, have you had any appli¬ cants?” asked Mr. Goddard, on hia return in the evening. “A score of them, Robert. One would think half the girls in the city were in want of places.” “Did you find one to suit you?” “No, I did not. Some were shabby, others uncomely, and most of them without any references. One in par¬ ticular questioned me so closely and impertinently that you would have thought our positions reversed, and that I had applied to her for a situa¬ tion. There goes the bell now! Do go down, Robert, and see what kind of a thing she is!” Mr. Goddard went down, and on opening the door, was pounced on by a young girl, who hugged and kissed him with vehemence. The light was burning brightly in the hall, and when the young girl threw back her veil, Mr. Goddard beheld tho fair, fresh face of his young sister. “Why, Sallie,” he stammered, in glad surprise, “we were not looking for you!” “That is an intimation that lam not welcome.” “Quite the contrary, 6is. I see a chance for a capital joke, and you and I always ‘took’ to them with sympa¬ thetic gusto. We advertised for a girl, and have been overrun with callers, none of whom suited. When my wife heard the bell, she sent me down to answer it, supposing you to be another applicant. Her nerves are completely unstrung; latterly she seems to be pos eessed with more than her share of nerves, and that is the reason she has bo much trouble with her domestics, She has never seen you; she shall en¬ gage you. ” “I see the joke, Bob. It will be a THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS THE SUPREME LAW. FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY. JI EY 5. 18:0. lesson for lior. But I cauuot stay more that two weeks.” 4 ( That will he long enough, Sallie. Let me see—your name is—” “Mary Anderson.” C » That will do. Walk up into the library. ” Arriving at that door, Mr. Goddard said to his wife: “Julia, here is a girl who will no doubt suit you.” Sallie made a courtesy, whilo Mrs. Goddard eyed her critically, confess¬ ing to herself that her face was at least preposessing. “What is your name?” she asked. “Mary Anderson.” “You dress remarkably well.” “I hope you will allow mo that privilege. I desire to impress you favorably.” “What can you do?” “Almost anything.” “That smacks of conceit,” said Mrs. Goddard “Is there no specialty you pride yourself upon?” < ( No, ma’am. I am not proud.” ( < Have you any references?” “No, ma’am.” i I How does that come?” “I came on from Prattville today, fifty miles away. References are not made a requisite there.” i l What do you want a week?” i < Three dollars.” “That is too much.” “You will find me worth that.” “You had better give her a trial,” whispered Mr. Goddard. That was enough; the fictitious Mary Anderson was at once engaged. At the end of the first week Mrs. God¬ dard was delighted with her; before the close of the second she would have trebled the girl’s wages on the merest intimation. “I have at last been so fortunate as to get a good girl—the most excellent of her kind. She is neat, tractable, obedient. She does her work well, and in the manner I instruct her to do it. She is kind, respectful, even-tem¬ pered, and loves the children as if they were her own.. She is no ordinary girl, and must have seen better days. The fact is I can hardly keep from tak¬ ing her into companionship, she is so sprightly, witty, scholarly—with a large share of sound, practical sense. She has shown me, too, how much I have been at fault with my domestics, and why I have had so much difficulty to retain them. ” “Was not that presumptive in her?” asked Mr. Goddard, soberly. “I did not think so—she did it in such a mild, truthful, deferential way. ” “I am glad to know that you like her,” replied Goddard, repressing a smile. On Saturday evening Mrs. Goddard’s nerves were again reaching out in every direction in their sensitiveness. “Robert,” she said, “Mary Ander¬ son has given me warning. She is going to leave on Monday.” “Is that possible? What occurred between you?” “Nothing, my dear.” Just then delicious strains of music came floating up from the parlor, ac¬ companied by a voice of much com¬ pass and sweetnees. “Who is at the piano?” asked Mr. Goddard. “Miss Spencer has probably dropped in,” replied his wife. < i Of course we should go down,” said Mr. Goddard. Down the couple went. It was the “hired girl who was sweeping her fingers so deftly over the keys. She came toward Mr. Goddard and ids wife, au d the former taking“Mary Anderson in his arms, bent back her f aCe an ‘l kissed her upon the lips, tempting an 1 luscious as a peach. “Robert Goddard!” exclaimed his wife, aghast, her eyes snapping. “Mv dear.” said he laughing heart- ily, “this is my sister Sallie. Wo have beeu playing a little joka on ! you.” ! Mrs. Goddard did not know whether to laugh or cry, but being a woman of sense, she did the former. “Mary Anderson,” remained an¬ other week as a guest, and, profiting by her experience, succeeded in help¬ ing Mrs. Goddard secure a satisfac¬ tory girl.—Saturday Night. Stone Must as a Fertilizer. Upwards of forty years ago, a farm¬ er living in Southern Michigan was grinding his scythe. Tho grindstone stood upon a samly bit of ground by tho back-gate, a place selected for tho wood pile and a general “catch-all,” partly because it was convenient, and partly because nothing would grow there. After a time, the man ol>_ served that directly beneath the grindstone, and just where the drip from tho water-pan and the particles of tho stone fell upon the barren soil, some tufts of grass were growing lux¬ uriantly, and a little patch of wheat had sprung up, throwing up strong shoots, and indicating some quality in the soil far more nutritive than the gravelly waste around it. Upon the idea started by this obser¬ vation, the farmer saved all the drip and sediment from tfie grindstone,and poured it upon a few hills of potatoes planted in the immediate neighbor¬ hood. The yield of potatoes was something phenomenal. Many a time did the experimenter bewail the limited condition of his fi¬ nances which prevented tho purchase of machinery suitable for grinding rock for fertilizer, for ho firmly holds tho theory that by this means tho earth would bo supplied with the ele¬ ments necessary for its most produc¬ tive state, and now a German chemist, Julius Honsel by name, has just pub¬ lished a book on the UBe of stone-duct as a fertilizing element for grain and grass land anil also for fruit. For years certain trees had given no fruit for all the manuring they had received, but a liberal application of stone-dust brought forth a full crop and great freshness in the growth and energy of the trees. According to tho new discoveries in this direction, rocky land contains within itself a store of nutrition that will serve it for years to come. The Ledger has on several occa¬ sions advocated the use of very large and deep subsoil plows and the syste¬ matic stirring of the earth to new depths, in order to bring within reach of the roots new stores of nutrition.—• New York Ledger. Artificial Pearl. It is possible to produce a film hav¬ ing much the ajipearanco of mother of-pearl at a very trifling cost. For this purpose aro required ono purt nitro-cellulose, seven or eight parts of 100 per cent alcohol and twenty-one parts ether. Soluble glass is used as a solvent, ten parts of this to ninety parts of water being tho proportion. A series of interesting experiments in color, brilliancy and consistency aro made by adding bisulphite of carbon in the proportion of ± verity-five ,j>arts to a hundred parts of the solution. Benzine may also be added, with the effect of changing the arrangement of the colors and varying their intensity. | —New York Ledger. Toughened. “Say,” said the deputy, “I put. No. 711 on the treadmill eight hours ago as a punishment, and I’ll be dinged if he ain’t goin’ on jist a*s chipper and happy as can be. ” “Why, of course,” said the prison warden, in tones of disgust, “Don’t you know the feller was sent here for bicycle stealing? That sort of thing 'is right in his line. Indianapolis. Journal. A llcro of the Mexican War. William Docmer, a hero of tho Mex ican war, who saved the lives of t hou¬ sands of American soldiers, is earning a scanty living by washing windows and polishing doorknobs in South Bethlehem, Penn, “It was at Cha pultopcc. Over twelve thousand Amer ioans,” say-e the Philadelphia Record, “wore quartered in and about a large building. Walking through tho woods one day, Docmer discovered a heavy fuse charged with powder. IIo cut a section a yard long out of it to prevent its carrying lire, and then quietly fol¬ lowed up the line. Presently lie dis¬ covered up in a high tree the red of a Mexican uniform. The foreign soldier saw Docmer at tho same time, but the latter drew a bead q Middy and fired. Tho Mexican came tumbling down from the tretf a corpse. The farther end of tlio fuse was at tho bottom of the tree upon which tlio Mexican sat. Then Doemer followed the fuse back to tho cellar of tho building, where tho Mexicans had imbedded 80,000 pounds of powder, to which the fuse was attacked, Ho at once informed his captain, and tho same day General Winfield Scott sent for Docmer, thanked him personally, gave him ninety days’ furlough $05 in gold and furnished a bodyguard of ten men, who accompanied Deefner upon a visit to the City of Mexico. The hero is now seventy-throe years old and gets u pension of $12 a month.” Grow Fat Without Beef. In these days of high-priced beef tlio vegetarians nro congratulating themselves that their habits save money. There is a vegetarian club at tho University of Chicago, says the News. Tlio members say that they faro as well as any of tho students. There are thirty members in the club and the faculty is represented by Professor Starr, the anthropologist. The members of tho vegetarian club pay only $2.50 a week for their board and they say their menus are superior to those of $3 and $3.50 boarding clubs. They eat eggs, cheese and milk,which are not strictly vegetables but life is never sacrificed to their up petites. '' ney eat sweet and Irish po¬ tatoes, porridge, toast, salads, maca¬ roni, all kinds of vegetables and fruits nuti and raisins, aud occasionally such danties as Welsh rarebit. The members of tho club aro as plump and healthy as those who eat meat three times a day, and some of them declare they have gained in health, strength and weight since be¬ coming vegetarians. J. H. Moore, the originator and purveyor of the club, lias made a specialty of the chemistry of nutrition, and is pre¬ pared to prove to any skeptic that beans and peas contain more flesh forming material than beef. Gem Bearing Plants. The assistant director of Kew gar¬ dens,lecturing recently at the London institute on some curiosities of tropi¬ cal plant life, said that among the.so were the pearls found occasionally in the cocoanut palm of the Philippine islands—pearls which, like those of the ocean, are composed of carbonate of liine. The bamboo, too, yields another precious product in the shape of true opals, which are found in its joints. In each case this mineral mat ter is, of course, obtained from the soil. The natives of the Celebes use these vegetable opals as amulets and charms against disease. ----- Chain Twenty-five Miles Long. A Monster chain, forty kilometers ( twenty-five miles ) long, is being ! mode for Germany at the Watteinr works, Jr. met, Belgium, the totul weight being 680 tons, ko that sixty eight ten-ton wagons, or a whole train, will be required for its carriage. Chi¬ cago Times Herald, ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM- NO. 215. Effect of Cannl Drainage. For some years there has beeu a great deal of speculation on the ef¬ fect of opening a canal from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi Valley. \\ hen the project was first discussed ship owners expressed grave doubts ns to the propriety of such a measure. It was claimed that the amount of water required to keep this canal in active motion would interfere with the navi¬ gation of the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers. The channels are not yorv deop, especially at certain points, and it was stated that this heavy drainage would shut out vessels of heavy ton¬ nage*, especially in tho late summer and autumn, when tho water in the great lakes is always much lower than tlio normal. One set of navigators nml investigators—notably those con¬ nected with the project, and of course in favor of it, have insisted that this was all humbug. Thero lias been so much discussion on this point that disinterested experts have been look¬ ing the mattter up. It is found that this canal will require ten per cent, of the volume of water that goes over Niagara Falls. After a certain num¬ ber of years this amount will bo double. It is not difficult to see that to draw oil'a quantity of water equal to twenty per cent of Niagara’s flow might ser¬ iously interfere with the navigation of the rivers aforementioned. It is said that the water of the lakes will be lowered from twelve to eighteen inches, and ns seasons of excessive drought are not uncommon, a good deal more than this must be allowed for. Then, the only way to insure a successful transit through these rivers would be extensive and deep dredging. This would necessarily entail mor¬ mons expense, If the canal project goes through, it would bo no more than fair to incorporate in tho con¬ tract an agreement to make the chan¬ nels of the Kt. CLiir ami Detroit Itivers perfectly free, even in the driest weather. — New York Ledger. Lawyer’s Neckties. Lawyers of this town, and in fact in all cities, have a curious fad as re¬ gards neckties. They seem to be very partial to those little black silk cravats. What is meiA*, they never tie them tastefully, but leave the ends strag¬ gling out, and sometimes the bow is not evident at all. Now, why is this? It is a matter of superstition or mere¬ ly tho aping of some greut man of law who wore his cravat in the manner above noted. A reporter spoke to a well known young lawyer about it, and when it was suggested to git a new tie, the fel¬ low gave a gasp of horror. “Why, man, I could not think of changing it.’’ “What’s the reason?” was the in¬ quiry. < < Reason, reason?” He looked blank for a moment. There isn't a real rea¬ son but all the other fellows wear them, so I have to be in the line.” 11 Well, your a strange duck if you don’t know the cause of it.” Liter it nas found that a black tie of the above named sort suggests dig¬ nity and soberness that no other tie will give. A lawyer cannot afford to be frivo¬ lous in his attire if he is in his lan¬ guage. Its a queer fad.—Syracuse, N. Y. Rost. William as a Smuggler. Some years ago a tame, long-haired goat formed part of the regular crew of a passenger steamer on service be¬ tween an .English port and a continen¬ tal-one, says London Notes and Quer¬ ies. After a time the customs author¬ ities discovered that it wore a false coat, many sizes too largo for it. The goat’s own hair was clipped very close ; round its body were packed cigars, lace, eta , and then the false c skillfulrlput on and fastened b; and tjii . JlpNMsiS