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m Fort Gaines Sentinel J, rOT.V GAINKS, GF.OKGIA. Tiie Supreme Court of Arkansas has di c <ie<: that ' B rn' rnor has the ri _ lit I i > dppoi(it members of tbc Legii* In'.ure wiieie vacancies have been <- bv dentil, resignation or other il-l ti Compeiistilioii can now be obtained in Finuee by the victims of judicial errors. Th Versa l i leu ru :i g i s t rn tea have ice- utly given a man, wrongly sent to prison for fourteen duys.au iu- <1« utility of $69. An English expert declares that he knows of at least 600 counterfeits of the old masters which are now hang¬ ing in the private galleries of the United States, and all of which were originally purchased in Europe at very high prices. A London jury bus recently granted nominal damage - against tin- chairman of u corporation meeting, who refused to jiitt a motion offered by one of the members. The damages would have teen substantial it the commercial loss could have been proved. Ardmore, Indian Territory, lias a uniqm lire alartu. The inhabitants are great believers in the rousing qual¬ ifies of u (Jolt's 15 six-shooter, and on the lirst, iiitunatiou of a fire, every man pulls his gnu. Of course, it sounds like a pitched battle for a while, but it is said to have the de¬ sired effect of getting otit fhe boys, which no end of church bell-ringing lms hitherto been able to do. In addition to tile Bed Cross nud White Cross, there Iiuh just been es- tublisheil m Vicuna a new order, to be known ns the Green Cross, Its object is to give succor to Alpine climbers and excursionists in moun¬ tain regions. It originated in (lie Austrian Alpine Club. Thu intention ia to establish Intis on high mountains and to keep supplies and relief stores or boxes containing nrticlos likely to be required iu emergencies ut con- vii ntly located points. in the new “dustless” railway conch built for the Texas Midland ltailroad, water-drenched ventilators are located in the walls of the car between the widows, aud water-pipes produce a shower of artificial rain iu each ven¬ tilator. By menus of an apparatus the water is carried under pressure through the pipes to drench each of the wire fabric air-filters in the ven- tilators. The power is derived from the axle and is transmitted through the medium ol (ten) flexible coiled wire bauds aide by side ou the cmn- lunation and wheel. The same water is forced through the pipes and ven¬ tilators repeatedly, being used over and over again. Recent inquiries iu Baltimore have disclosed what must bo recognized as <nic of the gravest perils of the schools, It appears that thousands of children attending these institutions arc suffer¬ ing from defective vision, and that many of them are in danger of losing the power of sight altogether, Of the 53,000 school children thus cx- nuiitiediu Baltimore, 9,951 were found to have eyes so badly impaired that further school attendance was pro- nouucod absolutely unsafe. In addi¬ tion to these there were several thou¬ sands of others to whom prompt and intelligent medical treatment for- the eyes was regarded as indis¬ pensable. To these latter it was said that continued school attendance with- out such treatment would bo extremo- ly dangerous, involving not merely the likelihood of permanent impair¬ ment of the eyes, but iu many cases actual blindness. xhis showing is iUtfly alarming, exclaims the New and Express. That nearly ^^uity per cent, of the whole number of children examined in a city like Bal- timore should be found to be victims of defective vision means that some- wbere m the raising of these little ones gross carelessness or dense ignor- *uhv, or both together, are doing their evil work. That many parents are neglectful in caring for their chil- dted s eyes is undeniable, but it will doubtless be necessary to seek else- where for the causes of the serious conditions which exist in Laftimore. Over and Over Again. Over and over again No inatt'-r which way I turn, I always find in the Book of Life, Some lesson I have to learn ; 1 must take my turn at the mill, I mu it grind out the golden grain. I must work at my task with a resolute will, Over and over again We cannot measure the need Of even the tiniest flower, Nor check the flow of the golden sands That run through a single hour; But the morning dew must fall, And the sun and the summer rain feist do their part an>t perform it all Over and over again. Over and over agajy. The brook through the meadows flows, And over and overagain, The pond-^.iis mill-wheel goes; Once doing will not suffice. Though doing be not in vain. And u Iile-.- ing failing us once or twice May come if we try again. The path that has once been trod Is never so rough to the feet, And the b -son we once have learned Is never so hard to repeat; Though sorrowful tears may fjtll And the heart to Its depths be riven, With storm and tempest, we need them all, To render us meet for heaven. —Josephine Pollard. A BOLD STROKE. “Dnrley, why are you received with such favor ut the Whirlocks?” “Aud why should I not be: ’ “Well, I’m an old enough friend to speak plainly. I admit that there ia much about Whirlock that appears genuine; but you are not their kind. They’re in the swim, have wealth aud aspire to social leadership. You’re a literary worker, poor and inclined to be a Bohemian, if not a socialist. The two are apt to merge, yon know. How did they find you out? Why do they push you? “You allow iittlo for my merits.” i < No, 1 allow all possible for the tol¬ eration of the Whirlocks, but am still at a loss. It is money, old mitt), that secures grace and favor from those who hold imperial rank in our modern society. Even genius must dazzle be¬ fore it will attract the royal glance.” “You have simmered the tiling down by nu admirable method of ex- elusion. I was not born in the purple. I must stop eating if I stop working, and I am not a genius. Therefore, there must be some unusual reason for my being patronized by the Whir- looks. Well, there is. Does that lay your curiosity?” “Only whets it, and .you know it. .Be considerate for once and forego the pleasure of tormenting me.” “Just make a lioto nud an example of my magnanimity. I knew tin- Whitlocks before they were married, i mft de them man and wife. No danger of your inferring that I performed the ceremony, but my in- tervontion prevented Mrs. Whirlock from being Mrs. Duiow.” “Any tragedy in this, Dailey?” “None of a literal kind. The lady in question was once the beautiful Miss Frowley, daughter of a rich Massachusetts farmer. He had Puri- tauical sternness and she Puritanical independence. When the two clash you know there is bound to be more or less wreckage as a result. Duiow was n young lawyer with more show and stylo than practice. Whirlock was a solid young clerk, bent on a successful business career. Both were fathoms deep iu love with fair Miss Frowley. She was uot indifferent to either, hut had n decided preference for Whirlock. The old gentleman was for Du¬ iow, as was a stiff-necked aunt with whom the girl lived while polishing off her education iu Boston. There was a boy back ou the farm as tena¬ cious of purple as his father, and he was for Madge, as she was called at home. With me as a sworn frieud of Tvhtrlook, you have the opposing forces. “Miss Frowley was so pestered and badgered that she diplomatically con- ceded a wlllinguess to marry Duiow if she could not have Whirlock, aud that in no event would she disobey a posi- tivc injunction from her father. Thus shrewdly she softened the old gentle- man nud deferred the inevitable order that she have nothing whatever to do with Whirlock. “Shortly after this armed neutrality had bceu established, Duiow deter- mined to push his suit and made a special trip to see the father. They talked the matter over with the result that Frowley decided upon an ulti- matum that would put Whirlock out of the running. The stern parent would write the daughter and aunt the next day announcing his nnaiter- able discision. But that worthy young son heard it all and showed himself a chip of the old block by writing a letter which he mailed that night after a bold midnight ride to the nearest railroad station. The latter was to Whirlock aud exposed the whole scheme. He came to me in the gloomiest despair. There was no hope, for if Madge received the final words, either through the mail or Duiow, she would never go back on her promise. " ‘See here, Whirlock, 1 I said to him, ‘marry the girl tonight- She cun not get the letter before morning.’ “ ‘Hut Duiow is sure to come.’ i t i He’ll only get in there over my dead body, provided you arrauge for the wedding.’ > ■ This put new life into W hirlock and he rushed for the annt’s. He told both the women in a determined way that it must be now or never, giving Miss Frowley just enough light to make her anxious. They carried the aunt right off her feet and she was won completely when Whirlock sug¬ gested that no one but the man who ‘happened’ to be her favorite minister should perform the ceremony. “We crowded matters as rapidly as consistent with having the aunt stay with us. She lived on a retired street and early iu the evening I took up nay duty at the front gate as guard, with an understanding that Whirlock would pin his handkerchief in the window when the contract for life was completed. “Minutes never seemed so long to me, though. I had a friend slowly driving a cab back aud forth. I did not know Duiow, but when I saw a man hurrying from the nearest street car track, I had no doubt as to who it was. * ( ( Mr. Duiow?* I said as ho ap. proached, ‘and with a message for Miss Frowley?” ( « ‘A very important one,’ ha an- s we red. < « ‘Bight in here,’ I announced, ns 1 hustled him to the cab. ‘I’ll take you to her,’ and we were off before he had time to gather his wits. My friend drove like mad. A mile away Duiow grew belligerent, hilt I assured him we would soou be there. By a circu¬ itous route wo returned and there waved the signal of triumph. Duiow rushed to the house only to meet Mrs. W hirlock and leave in a towering rage. » * Next morning Duiow had a war- nuit out ‘ or 'Tub 11 Doe, but he could not be found. Now he is a groat friend of the Whirlocks and even of P eo P^ e ou the old Massachusetts hum. Detroit 1’red Iress. Renaissance of Athletics. On the world at large the Olympic games have, of course, exerted no in¬ fluence as yet, but I am profoundly convinced that they will do so. May I be permitted to say that this was my reason for founding them. Modern athletics need to be unified and puri¬ fied. Those who have followed the renaissance of physical sports in this century know that discord reigns su¬ preme from one end of them to the other. Every country has its own rules; it is uot possible eveu to come to an agreement as to who is am amateur, and who is not. All over the world there is one perpetual dispute, which ia far¬ ther fed by innumerable weekly, and even daily, newspapers. In this de¬ plorable state of things professional¬ ism teuds to grow apace. Men give up their whole existence to one par¬ ticular sport, grow rich by practicing it, and thus deprive it of all nobility, and destroy the just equilibrium of man by making the muscles pre¬ ponderate over the mind- It is my belief that no education particularly in democratic times, can be good aud aud complete without the aid of athletics; but athletics, in order to play their proper educational role', must bebasedou perfect disinterested¬ ness and the sentiment of honor. If we are to guard them against these threatening evils we must put an eud to the quarrels of amateurs, that they may be united among them¬ selves and willing to measure their skill in frequent international encoun¬ ters. But what country is to impose its rules aud ils habits ou the others? •The Swedes will not yield to the Ger- mane, nor the French to the English, Nothing better than the international Olympic games could therefore be de- vised. Each country will hike its turn in organizing them. When they come to meet every four years in these contests, further ennobled by the memories of the past,athletes ail over the world will learn to know one another better to make mutual conces* sious and to seek no other reward in the competition thau the honor of the victory. One may be filled with the desire to see the colors of one’s club or college triumph in a national meet¬ ing; but how much stronger is the feeling when the colors of one’s coun¬ try are at stake! I am well assured that the victors in the stadium at Athens wished for no other recom¬ pense when they heard the people cheer the flag of their country in honor of their achievement. It was with these thoughts in mind that I sought to revive the Olymyic games. I hnve succeeded after many efforts. Should the institution pros¬ per—as I am persuaded, all civilized nations aiding, that it will—it may be a potent,if in direct, factor in securing universal peace. Wars break out be¬ cause nations misunderstand each other. We shall uot have peuce until the prejudices which now separate the different races shall have been out¬ lived. To attain this end, what better means than to bring the youth of all countries periodically together for amicable trials of muscular strength and agility? The Olympic games, with the ancients, controled athletics and promoted peace. It is not visionary to look to them for similar benefac¬ tions in the future. Oil Fuel for Gunboats. The German naval authorities hav v decided to partially heat the boilers of their men-of-war with oil. The new oil is called “neasut.” It is strictly a tar oil, a product of the distillation of lignite, and is dark brown iu color. Special tanks will bo constructed for it on each vessel, aud from these tanks pipes will lead to the furnaces, and the oil will be conducted thereto through these pipes. From the pipes it will be ejected by steam iu a spray, and the resulting flame is very bright and absolutely smokeless. So far as its heating power is concerned, it is declared to be greatly superior to coal. Another feature which has served to recom¬ mend it is its cheapness. The duties of the stokers are’also greatly light¬ ened by its use. The time saved iu getting up steam is another consideration that carried great weight, for the effect of the flame is instantaneous, aud the high¬ est pressure can be obtained almost immediately. The value of this power to a man-of-war is almost inestimable, while the advantage to torpedo boats is also very great.—Philadelphia Rec- ord. Purifying a Room’s Air. The air of a room may be purified in two hours by sotting inside of it a wide mouthed jiitcher filled with pure cold water. In three hours at most it will have absorbed all the respired gases in the room, leaving the air purer by that much, but the water will be too filthy to use, if one but knew and could see what it has taken ia. It is estimated that a common pailful of ice-cold water will absorb in six hours one quart of carbonic acid and several pints of ammonia from the air. For the purpose of purifying the air the water is all right, but don’t use it to wash in or to drink. For those purposes use ir.-sh water, just drawn, or use from vessels that are always covered either by metal or china, or l>y several folds of cloth, like a clean towel. Care in the use of drinking water would avert many enlamuities.as typhoid aud other mala¬ rial fever.—Washington Star. Where Women Are Needed, A feature of the population statistic! of Western Australia is the large pro- tiou of males to females. The dispar¬ ity is maintained in the arrivals by sea. At present there are 45 female! to every 100 males,—Pittsburg Dis¬ patch. Particulars Wanted, Hardup—Could you lend me ton dollars until pay day? Wiggins—H’m!' Does that mean your pay day or the day you'll pax me?—Truth. SCIENTIFIC SCKA C r.fi : • gr w 'MSHHmbUH . F. ■ ( : . : 1 1 o', -v : ; • t:-- t r t:.e i -.torn iSHH down or it Las fallen from the fathom depth. Careful experimenting has shown^H tbat through a certain depth of water, ^ where only 50 percent, of the red rava passed through, there were 60 per cent of orange; yellow, 80; green, 90; indigo, 95- Carbon monoxide is deadly, being composed of one atom of carbon aud one atom of oxygen. One-half per cent, in the air will cause poisouous symptoms, aud more than one or two per cent, may be fatal. Iu total eclipses animals have been known to fall asleep, showing the lat¬ ter condition due uot really to habit, but to actual removal of light, whose absence so acts upon the nervous sys¬ tem as to invite repose. Women better of . hnve a perception color than men. An eminent author¬ ity on color blindness asserts that un¬ der a very severe test the color vision of one man in five is defective, while the average is one in thirty. Professor McKenrick, Glasgow uni¬ versity, showed at the meeting of the Britifu association a new apparatus, prepared by himself and Lord Kelvin, by which the deaf might be enabled to enjoy the rythiu of music. To stop leaks in vessels an Ohio man has a device consisting of a reel placed at the side of a vessel, on which is wound a heavy fabric, one end of which has a book for fastening it to the keel of the vessel, the other end being drawn tight by winding up the reel. Shad are of different families, which come from the ocean to the riveiA along the Atlantic coast to spawn. The shad of Florida are not the same as those of the Hudson, or the Con¬ necticut, or the Susquehanna, The same fish comes each year to the par¬ ticular river where they were born, and in their appearance are slightly different. Each river is the home of a separate colony. Great Redwood Slab. In New Whatcom, a seaport town and the conuty seat of Whatcom County, the northwest county in Washington and in the United States, is erected on the outer edge of a side¬ walk on one of the principal street corners an immense slab or section of one of Washingtan’s biggest red fir trees. The slab, being cut directly across the diameter of the tree, like a butcher’s cutting blosk, is set ou edge, the greatest diameter extending upward, the bark being on its entire circumference, says the Mining aud Scientific Press. A stranger naturally feels inclined to walk up to the slab and measure it by its height, and is surprised to find that it would take another man stand¬ ing ou his head to extend to the top of it. Then he steps back a pace and reads the following inscription, neatly painted on a board attached to the face of the slab : “Tree from Loop’s Ranch Forks, Whatcom County, Washington. The tree wjis -165 feet high, 220 feet to. first limb, and 33 feet 11 inches/m circum¬ ference at the base. If sawed into lumber'it would make 96,345 feet. It would build eight cottages two stories high of seven rooms each. The tree is ubout ISO years old, according to the rings. If sawed iuto inch square strips it would fill ten ordinary cars, and the strips would roach from What¬ com to China.” The section shows the tree sound to the core. The Noise of Cities. The Bridgeport, (Gunn.) Standard says: It would seem as if the right to make all the unearthly aud untimely and needless noises that can be thought of was claimed as a matter of course by the dwellers in cities. Nine- tenths of the disturbing noises are needless, uncalled for, dangerons to health, and should be abolished as much as any other nuisauces. It has been judicially decided in In¬ diana that sleeping car companies are responsible for any baggage lost through the porter’s dishonesty or carelessness.