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An Ordinance. .. rift &Tafr«*arlSta “E ’Cram'S • *„ any person to damage, injure, abuse or tamper with any water meter, spigot, fire plug, curb box, or any other fixture or machinery belonging to the Water Depart ment of the City of Griffin; provided that a licensed plumber may use curb service box to test his work, but shall leave ser vice cock as he found it under penalty of the above section. Sec. 2nd. It shall be unlawful for any consumer to permit any person, not em ployed by them, or not a member ot their family, to use water from their fixtures. " Bec Srd. It shall be unlawfol for any person to use water from any spigot or spigots other than those paid for by him. Sec. 4th. It shall be unlawful tor any person to couple pipes to spigots unless paid for as an extra outlet. Sec. Sth. It shall be nnlaw'nl for any person to turn on water to premises or add any spigot or fixture without first obtain ing a permit from the Water Department Sec. 6th. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow their spigots, hose or sprinkler to run between the hours of 9:00 / o’clock p. m. and 6:00 o’clock a. m., for any purpose whatever, unless there is a meter on the service. Spigots and pipes must be boxed or wrapped to prevent freezing; they will not be allowed to run for that purpose. «Bec. 7th. The employes of the Water apartment shall have access to the premises of any subscriber for the purpose meters, examining pipes, flx tores, etc., and it shall be unlawful tor any person to interfere, or prevent their doing so. " Sec. Bth. Any person violating any of the provisions of the above ordinance shall be arrested and carried before the Criminal Court of Griffin and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceedHjr"one hundred dollars, or sentenced to work on the public works of the City of Griffin for a term not exceeding sixty days, or be im .--prisoned in the city prison for a term not exceeding sixty days, either or all, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 9th. The employees of the Water Department shall have the same authority ana power ot regular policemen of the City of Griffin, for the purpose of enforc ing the above ordinance. Sec. 10th. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict of the above are hereby repealed. An Ordinance. 'ix. j ■ -f Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Griffin, That from and after the passage ot this ordinance, the fol lowing rates will be charged for the use of water per year: 1. Dwellings: One i-inch opening for subscribers’ use 0n1y.....'. ~ $ 9.00 Each additional spigot sprinkler, bowl, closet or bath 3.00 Livery stables, bars, soda founts and photograph galleries 24.00 Each additional opening 6.00 2. Meters will be furnished at the city’s expense, at the rate of SIOO per year rental of same, paid in advance. A mini mum of SI.OO per month will be charged for water while the meter is on the service. The reading of the meters will be held proofofuseof water, but should meter i fail to register, the bill will be averaged from twelve preceding months. ‘ 3. Meter rates will be as follows: 7,000 to 25,000 gals, month. 45c 1,000 25,000 “ 50,000 “ “ 14c “ 50,000 “ 100,000 “ • “ 12c “ 100,000 “ 500,000 « “ 10c “ 500,000 “ 1,000,000 “ “ 9c “ The minimum rate shall be SI.OO per month, whether that amount of water has been used or not, 4. Notice to cut off water must be given to the Superintendent of the Water De partment, otherwise water will be charged for full time. 5. Water will not be turned on to any premises unless provided with an approved stop and waste cock properly located in an accessible position. 6. The Water Department shall have the right to shnt off water for necessary repairs and work upon the system, and they are not liable for any damages or re bate by reason of the same. 7. Upon application to the Water De partment, the city will tap mains and lay pipes to the sidewalk for $2.50; the rest of the piping must be done by a plumber at the consumers’ expense. An Ordinance. An ordinance to prevent the spreading of diseases through the keeping and ex posing for sale of second hand and cast off clothing, to provide for the disinfection of such clothing by the Board ot Health of the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for the disinfection and the proper registry thereof, and for other purposes. Sec. .lst.-JBe it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Griffin, that from and after the passage of this ordi nance, it shall be unlawml for any person or persons, firm or corporation to keep ana expose for sale Any second hand or cast off clothing within the corporate lim its of the City of Griffin, unless the said clothing has been disinfected by the Board of Health of the City of Griffin, and the certificate of said Board ot Health giving the number and character of the garments disinfected by them has been filed in th? office of the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Griffin; provided nothing herein contained shall be construed as depriving individual citizens of the right to sell or otherwise dispose of their own or their family wearing apparel, unless the same is known to have been subject to conta geous diseases, in which event this orai nance shall apply. Sec. 2nd. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That for each garment disinfected by the Board of Health of Griffin, there shall be paid in advance to said board the actual cost of disinfecting the said garments, and for the issuing of * the certificate required by this ordinance the sum of twenty-five cents, and to the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Griffin for the registry of said certificate the sum of fifty cents. Sec. 3rd. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That every person or persons, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of this ordinance, shall be fined and sentenced not more than one hundred dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang, either or both, in the discretion of the Judge of the Criminal Court, for each of fense. It shall be the duty of the police force to see that this ordinance is strictly enforced and report all violations the Board of Health. Sec. 4th. Be it farther-ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here with are hereby repealed. THE HEIGHT OF SOLDIERS. Their Average Stature Deelines aa Eur»- Pe»n Arrnlcn Are Increased. Ab the size of modern arm leg is increased the average height of lighting men is di minished. The Tageblatt of Berlin ascribes the reduction in the average stature of soldiers in modern armies to conscription and says that in the German araiy it ia now only 60.63 inches. In the British army the height ia 64.96 inches, showing the tallness of the average Englishman ■ and Scotchman. Frenchmen and Span iards are taken at 1.54 meters, Italians at 1.55 meters (61 inches), and the same minimum measurement la the rule in Austria. The Russian minimum is 1.54 meters, and in the United States it is 1.619 meters (63.78 inches). In 1860, before the beginning of the American civil war and before the general arming of Europe, the average height of men serving in the various European armies was as follows, given in inches: Italian, 65; Spaniard, 65.5; French, 66; Hungarian, 66.1; Austrian, 66.5; Belgian, 66.9; Russian, 67; English, 67.5; Irish, 68; Scotch, 68.5;-Norwegian, 69. Although the average height of soldiers has decreased during the last few years conclderably in those countries in which conscription is the rule, it is found gener ally that in countries in which peaceful conditions prevail and no great standing army is maintained the stature of new soldiers is gradually Increasing. This is shown conspicuously in the case of Swe den, where the average of height of new soldiers between 1840" and 1850 was 66 inches, ,66.2 between 1850 and 1860, 66.6 between 1860 and 1870, 66.8 between 1870 and 1880 and 69 between 1880 and 1890. The proportion of rejected soldiers in Franco has decreased from 37 per cent in the decade beginning 1840, 35 per cent in the decade beginning 1860 and 33 per cent in the decade beginning in 1880 to 80 per cent at present. The' number of conscripts now rejected on account of height is less every year in consequence perhaps of the fact that the minimum height limit of the French army has been steadily decreased. American soldiers have preserved dur ing many years the same height substan tially, though the fact Is well known that soldiers from the western and southwest ern states are, as a rule, taller than those from the east and from the southern At lantic states. Jumped Into the Bull Bing. Apropos of Second Lieutenant J. ft. Scott, the Philadelphia boy, who is the executive officer of the Hudson, who pulled the Winslow out of a hole when disabled at the bombardment at Cardenas, a story of his love of excitement is given by a classmate while the pair were on the Unit ed States boat Chase as cadets on their prartico cruise. The vessel was at Lisbdn, Portugal. The starboard watch of cadets were ashore on leave. Some, with “Hutchy,” as Scott was familiarly called, went to see a bullfight nt a suburb of Lis bon called Clntra. In the royal box that afternoon in Au gust of 1888 sat the present ruler of Portu gal, then a debonair and democratic youth. Suddenly a cadet’s cap was seen to fly through the air and drop in the center of the arena. The owner, none other than .“Hutchy,” jumped into the ring, grabbed a spear from a dazed matadore and after giving his trousers, a Bailorlike hitch the hero of Cardenas proceeded to assail a lively runt of a bull. The multitude that crowded the tiers recognized the uniform and yelled, men, women and children, “Viva el AmericanoJ” Suddenly the bull fell. The first bull killed in a Portuguese arena for 20 years, and that by a Philadelphia boy. However, with spear in one hand and his cap in the other,looking very much scared, “Hutchy” was conducted by some attendants to the royal boi and ‘received, much to his sur prise, not only congratulations, but Prince Carlos, removing a signet ring from his finger, presented it to Scott. The affair was the talk of Lisbon for several days, and as a result of the cele bration that followed, for the ring had to be wetted, “Hutchy” and his chums were kept on board the Chase for a month or more. The Army Paymaster. The most popular officer holding the commission of the United States govern ment Is the paymaster. In the eyes of the troops i.t the front he is only a little lower than the angels. When he arrives in camp, he is received with something like the en thusiasm that surprised the prodigal son. The best that there is in the way of tent, things to eat and things to drink are at his disposal. The colonel smiles, and the majors smile, and the captains smile, and the smile progresses on down to the small est drummer boy. Everybody spruces up, puts on his best available clothes and does his best to do credit to the regiment. You would think that the businesslike man in a major’s uniform was Miss Co lumbia, the president and the general com manding rolled into one. And then the paymaster reciprocates. He loses no time in getting through the books. He has been known to toil half the night so that the bbys might not have to wait for their .money any longer than was absolutely necessary. As a rule, there is a day’s work in the regimental rolls, but , the paymas ter doesn’t spare himself or his assistants. He looks as satisfied when his task is done as if he were about to go out with the boys whom he has made so happy. But he doesn’t, for he has to fly away to fresh scenes of activity.—New York Sun. How He Kept Out of the Deal. Since the collapse of the Leiter wheat deal brokers on the board of trade have been telling many stories about past “cor ners” and big market manipulations. Ono of the stories concerns Leopold Bloom. Years ago Mr. Bloom conducted a big wheat -campaign and made a fortune. Unlike many others, he quit then and there. But often he felt the speculative mania return and he had a hard time keeping his hands off the market. Once particularly he almost fell, but he finally managed to stay away from the board of trade through a little trici? of his own— that is, if the stories of the brokers may be believed. In order to prevent himself dabbling in futures he told his valet to lock him in a room at his house, and no matter what the plea was not to let him out until the great deal on the board of trade Was over. His faithful valet did as he was ordered, and Mr. Bloom kept his hands off the market. —Chicago International Buddhist Monastery. The Japanese press is printing articles headed “Revival of Buddhism in India.”. Burma, Siam and Japan are to raise funds to found an international Buddhist monastery and mission try college in Cal cutta for the training of young men aa Buddhist missionaries io be sent to Eu rope and the United. States. —St. Louis Star. A TALKING The Unique Journalistic Enterprise Cm rind on In Budapest. A Budapest letter to (he London Pall Mall Gazette taya: A small diamond shaped board screwed on to the wall of my room and provided with a couple of hooks, from which hang two tiny, round tele phone earpieces connected by two wires - that is all—but my proprietor has been singing its praises for the last 80 minutes, and as he confidentially assured me that it will not play any part in my hotel bill at the end of my stay, there is no earthly reason why I should enter any protect against his profuse encomiums. “This,” said he, “is the telephonic messenger, or talking newspaper—the only thing of its kind in the world. It has now been established in Budapest about three years. It differs from the or dinary telephone in the fact that the latter is directly connected with the central of fice, whereas we are able to connect from 800 or 800 eubsoribers in one circuit. The city is divided into 30 circuits. Ail day long news is spoken into a specially con structed apparatus at the central office, varied with entertainments, the opera and linguistic lessons. It is not a telephone in the strict sense of the word and there fore does not Infringe the telephone rights of the government. It combines the func tions of your tape machines and electro phones, while it Is fen times cheaper. That buzz you hear just now was to pre vent subscribers talking to each other on their own aooount. ” “Itsseimi strange that such an-excel lent idea as this appears fb be should not be Introduced in other towns than Buda pest," I ventured. “The answer ia very simple. Os course the newspaper feature would be impossible in London, where time is everything, and a man could not sit the whole day with the apparatus to his ear, waiting for some particular news or exchange prices. Then, again, other towns are not so advantage ously situated in this respect as Budapest, where the law empowers the company to Introduce the apparatus into any house in the city in spite of tho objections of the landlord. We have here 6,900 subscribers, and each pays only 18 florins a year. With us it is as in England with a certain soap —our families don’t feel happy until they get it. It is so cheap that many of the rooms in my hotel are fitted np with it. If the visitor finds it inconvenient to go to the opera, all he has to do is to put this apparatus to his ear and he can be enter tained the whole evening. The general public, too, can have news in advance of the newspapers. Why, a few weeks ago, when the German kaiser gave that cele brated toast of his to the Hungarian na tion, thousands of families were listening to its recital half an hour Inter. Without this 'apparatus they would have had to wait “until next day." “Have you a regular dally programme?" “Yes. It is announced in the morning and changes every half hour or so. The greater part es the morning is taken up with prices on ’change, a summary of the news in the dailies. At noon we begin to get a report erf the doings in parliament. Telegrams of importance are communi cated at once, the telephonic messenger being in direct connection with a leading Budapest newspaper. At about 3 o’clock the morning news is in part repeated, then come exchange prises, telegrams, law re ports, a short, entertaining story, theat rical items and sometimes a concert, and for an hour in the evening we get a lesson in English, Italian and French. You have no idea what a benefit this is to the young generation and how popular these lessons are among them. A complete set erf graduated exercises has been published in these languages. Each telephone sub scriber who cares to listen holds a copy ot the book in question before him, and the teacher' speaks into the double microphone transmitter at the central office.” A Steady Timekeeper. Ole ftanson, the Swede who lives out north of Denver, has found out by acci dent how it is that a tin clock or watch painted and employed aa a watchmaker's sign always gives the time of day 8:18 o’clock, or the hour and minute of Lin coln ’■ assassination. For the last year he has been regulating his Elgin by one of these silent sentinels on Sixteenth street, and when fee arrived the other morning he looked at the sign and then at his watch. There was a discrepancy somewhere, so he called John Vaughan, the assistant city clerk, who' happened to be passing on the way to his office. “Say, master yentieman," he accosted the clerk, “Aye want to ask yo’ 'bout somet’ing.” “All right,” was the reply. “What is its" “Vai, Aye tank Aye skal bane cracker jack bay Yerusalem. Aye leaf mae home tan miles out en t’e country bay twanty minutes ester 8, an Aye get en town ai teen minutes ester 8. Ho yo* makes out des out?” “Oh, it’s pretty near 10 o’clock now.” “Bot das vatoh oop ofer yevyelry store says es bane aiteen minutes ester 8. ” “Yes, but that’s a tin sign—there are no works in it/’ “Es das trutel” “Os course. Can’t you see?” “Vai, Aye skal set mae vatoh bae dis efery tern Aye com to town for poorty nar hully’ar.” “I don’t know anything about that, but ft is a sign, and you will see all the watch signs point to 8:18, for that’s the hour and minute President Lincoln wasassafsinated at Ford's theater in The Swede was satisfied and wondered how many times he had eaten breakfast just about sunset just because his watch didn’t happen to be right.—Denver Times. The Making es Plate Olaas. To cast a large sheet of plate glass is in modern hands a very simple affair. A ta ble is prepared, with sides made of strips es iron, forming a shallow, level tank. Into this the molten glass, which is made from the whitest sand, glass fragments, lime, manganese soda, cobalt and other chemicals, is poured. Immediately the operator begins smoothing and leveling the mass with a great iron roller, which brings it down exactly to the level of the iron rim. It is then put through anneal ing and tempering processes, which occupy several days. After this it is ground to a perfectly uniform thickness, then polished until it acquires the utmost brilliancy. The cost of glass is greatly increased in proportion to its size. This ia due to the fact that a largo sheet may turn out im perfect flaws and ripples, whieh utterly destroy its value as a strictly first class commodity. Small pieces are cut from the perfect places in tho large plate, and in this way the most serious loss ia avoided. —New York Ledger. Located. “Are you in pain, my little man?” asked tho kind old gentleman. “No,” answered tho boy. “The pain's in me. Puarton’s Weekly. The Wonders of surgery will, it eeerfu, never cease. Among tho moat important achievements ia the transplanting ot muscles. This has been successfully done in the case of a patient who had for half a lifetime been unable to use one leg on account of paralysis occur ring in early childhood. Tho operation is thus described: “A six inch longi tudinal incision is made on the inner side of the thigh, with the middle op posite the top of the patella. The Sarto rius la dissected out, cut off at its in sertion, brought forward gpd attached to the muscular fascia just above and a little to the inner ddo of the patella. “The attachment must be made firmly by splitting the fascia end drawing the muscle through, w tbr.t it becomes ad herent to both inner and outer surfaces. Kangaroo tendon is used for on tun., being the best material. The wound is r then closed, and lie whole thigh is handaged, and finally a plaster of ports bandage, or a long splint, is applied. The patient is kept recumbent for two weeks at least, gentle motion is com menced at the end of three weeks, and the plaster is entirely omitted at the end of from five to six weeks. This op eration has been performed several times with great success, the only failures oc curring where tho muscles were imper fectly attached. This state of things was entirely remedied, however, in the later operations. ” —New York Ledger. Guatemala. ■ Guatemala might easily sustain ten times its present population. The soil is rich and easily cultivated, and, unlike the other Central American republics, there is plenty of labor. Some parts of the country are quite thickly populated, but the others are covered with dense forests and a variety of timber, which might bo easily made marketable if means of transportation were provided But, although Guatemala is much further advanced than the rest of Cen tral America, her railway system does not exceed 250 miles; there is no inter nal navigation, and the wagon roads are in a deplorable condition. The mineral wealth of the country is supposed to be large, but it is only slightly developed. The mines are inaccessible, and, in the absence of modern machinery, which at present cannot be conveyed to them, cannot be worked with profit. The government offers generous in ducements to immigrants. The land laws are liberal, and efforts have been made from time to time to secure the establishment of colonies and the pre emption of public lands by private set . tiers. But all the accessible area is at present occupied, and no foreigner can expect to prosper in Guatemala unless he has abundant capital which will enable him to purchase at high prices planta tions already developed—Forum. His Own Composition. A recent article in Le Figaro of Parts is devoted to the American colony in that city. It says that the colony has always played the important and bril liant role in society chiefly because most of the Americans were “Ameri caines. ” “It is certain, ” continues Le Figaro, "that out of ten‘Americaines* residing in Paris there is but one Amer ican. Affairs—‘business,’ as they say over there—absorbs the sterner sex in the United States In that country the men have neither the inclination nor the opportunity for much leisure, and only pay us vary short visits. “While their wives install themselves here the ‘good’ husband only makes fly ing visits and is very seldom referred to in the elegant salons of the wives. ” The writer continues: “I was at an official ball not long ago, where one of them was the hero of a curious *his toire. * He were on the lapel of his coat a brilliant star, which struck me as original and somewhat curious in form. Although very artistic, the order was unknown to me. Some indiscreet per son interrogated the Yankee as to what order it was. The Yankee replied in a phlegmatic tone, ‘lt is my own compo sition.’” Superstitions Bonapartes. The Bonapartes always were super stitious, especially the mother of Napo leon. She always had a presentiment that the rise and fall of her family would occur in the same century, that the glory which was prophesied for them would be followed by disaster. And the prediction was verified. She died in her eighty-seventh year, having lived long enough to see the downfall of all her children. » Napoleon I always feared Dea 2 as an unlucky day, and it is related of him that before every important battle he would throw dice to ascertain if be were to lose or win. The "red men” whom he always saw going to battle with him was a delusion that caused him much suffering.—Toronto Saturday Night ________ Met Wonted About That. Her Father—Well, if you are deter mined to marry my daughter, I shall offer no objections, but before you take this irrevocable step I think it is only right to let you know that I have de cided to leave all my money to educa tional and charitable institutions. Glib Suitor—Oh, that’s all right I’ve got proof that you bet on a bicycle road race once. It’ll be easy enough to show that you’re of unsound mind.— Chicago News. An Indication. “He, ” said the fond but firm father, *is, I fear, a young man of extravagant “Yes,” the daughter admitted, “he wants me for a wife. ’’—Cincinnati En quirer. The largest coffee plantation in Bra zil and perhaps in tho world is the Du mont plantation, established by a Frenchman in the state of Minas Ge raes. The number of coffee plants in 1896 was 4,718,900. 4 ■ rfum ' * The first sermon in Maine was deliv wed at Monhegan Aug. 9, 1607. AN OPEN LETTER nr as imr^ a ruErDc LO MOI HC.RS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO I THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “ CASTORIA,” AND “HTCher’s CASTORIA,” as our trademark. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, was- the originator of “CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and docs now bear . —on every the sac-simile signature of wrapper. This is the original “CASTORIA” which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought on the and has the signature of wrap- per. No one has authority from me to use my name except | The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer ycui (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in- ! gradients of which even he does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought’ BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed Ycu. TH« OIMU>< OOMMMV. TT MURO** ITMU. HtWVO«« . . •„■ ' ■' .j’ -■ ■' . GET YOUH — JOB PRINTING DONE 7\ r J’ The Morning Call Office. A- ' ’ We have Just supplied our Job Office with a complete line oi Stationery kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way o< J LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS STATEMENTS, IRCULAKB, ENVELOPES, NOTES,’; MORTGAGES, PKOGRAMhJ JARDB, POSTEP» DODGERS, ETC We c*rty toe best iue of ENVELOPES vnr : this trade.: Aa allrac.ivt POSTER cf say size can be issued on short notice, Our prices for work of all kinds will compare favorably with those obtained TOP any office in the state. When you want job printing oljany (descriptlm m ? >■” I call Satisfaction guaranteeu. » — A-IX. work done With Neatness and Dispatch. - Out of town orders will receive prompt attention. ' ' '.. 4 ■ •• 7 j J. P. & S B. Sawtell.