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* <^ec!*^L a TbAtH f for
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 oi 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 oi their
family, to use water from their fixtures.
Sec. 3rd. It shall be unlawful for any
person to use water from any spigot or
spigots other than those paid for by him.
Sec. 4th. It shall be unlawfnl ior any
person to couple pipes to spigots unless
paid for as an extra outlet.
Sec. sth. It shall be unlawful 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.
Bee. 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 uflowei to run
for that purpose,
l|Bec. 7th. The employes of the Water
Department shall nave access toi the
premises of any subscriber for the purpose
ofjreading meters, examining pipes, fix
tures, etc., and it shall be unlawful for 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 exceeding 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
and power of 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 - . : r .
An Ordinance.
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 f-inch opening for subscribers’
use only. $ 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bow), 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
at the rate of fl.oo per year
. rental «f same, paid in advance. A mini
btaK of *I.OO per month will be charged
for witer wfillethe meter ikon the service.
The reifltng of the meters will beheld
proof of use of water, but should meter
fail to register, the bill will be averaged
from twelve preceding months.
8. Meter rates will be as follows:
7,000 to 25,000 gals, month. .15e 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 f 1.00 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 shut 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.
Ail 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 oi Health of
the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for
the disinfection and the proper registry
thereof, and for other purposes.
Sec. Ist Be 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 unlawful for any person
or persons, flrm or corporation to keep
and 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 the
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
gious diseases, in which event this ordi-
&c. 2nd. Be it further ordained by the
sJ**h erity 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 laid garments, and for the issuing of
the certificate required by this ordinance
the sum ot 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.
See. Brd. Be it fiirther 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
“•
See. 4th. Be it further Ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That all ordinances
and parts at ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed.
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f A DEVOTED PIGEON.
I Rhe Broke Through a Well to Succor He*
Msetltag.
In the animal kingdom there are
r many strong examples of mother love,
r and the birds are particularly noted for
e displaying it. A remarkable instance erf
* this maternal instinct was recently no-
J tioed near Elwood, Ind. A mother pi
e geon whose young one had mysteriously
.. disappeared searched unceasingly for
f Weeks for the little one, and one day
last December she was seen flying vio
f lently against the side of a frame build-
- ing in the city.
r Each time she came in contact with
the house she chipped off a small bit of
r wood with her bill. For nearly two
. days the old bird kept this practice up,
T often during that time fulling exhausted
s from the repeated shocks and fatigue.
In the afternoon of the second day she
f had pecked a hole in the wall, the wood
_ of which was old and soft from the
weather. This hole was large enough to
r admit a man’s head, and through this
r the mother bird went and came.
) Every time she entered she carried
r grain or seeds or grass. Some ourious
i people investigated the hole while she
1 was absent, and there they found the
1 little lost pigeon, just below the hole,
wedged in between the weatherboards.
. For two days more the bird continued
> to bring the little one food, and would
i stay fluttering near the hole, chirruping
- and trying to cheer the little prisoner
' up. Many times it entered and seemed
> to be trying to extricate its young one,
. but it could not succeed in doing so, try
I as it would. The prisoner had flown in
[ to the building, which was empty, and
I managed to get between, the weather-*
> boarding,,.near the top of the inside,
i Falling a considerable distance, it lodg
ed in the narrow space, which did not
; permit it to use its wiiigs in rising
' again. Its plaints had reached the
mother, and she, not being able to reach
. it from the inside, had cut through
■ from the opt. An admiring man thrust
i his hand through the hole and brought
out the fluttering young thing, to the
. great delight of the anxious mamma
bird. —Chicago Chronicle.
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BREEDS SNAKES TO SELL.
The Peculiar DiMovery Made by an Eng
lishman In India.
The bounty given by the Indian gov
ernment for snakes’ heads in order to
exterminate these reptiles has led to a
. few of the dishonest natives breeding
them for a living.
An Englishman recently traveling
through central India made a peculiar
discovery.
In the heart of a dense jungle he
came across a rude hut, and close at
band was a large pit covered with a
tight fitting wooden cover. He found
the occupants of the hut, two disreputa
ble looking natives, and asked them the
meaning pf the peculiar pit.
They informed him that they were
breeders of snakes and put them in the
pit, the bottom of which was covered
over with dried grass and leaves.
They kept the snakes there some six
months, feeding them on all kinds of
small animals and birds.
They then filled a large earthen pot
with poisonous herbs, lighted it, low
ered it into the pit and secured the
tight fitting wooden cover, and thus
smothered the reptiles.
The cover was allowed to remain on
for a few days. It was then removed and
the snakes were taken out by means of a
long pole with a spike at the end of it.
Their heads were then cut off, and
one of the rogues set out for the nearest
government agency to obtain the boun
ty, while the other one caught fresh
snakes for the pit.
The snakes very often devoured one
another, but the mothers generally man
aged to bring up their young, though it
was a marvel they bred at all in such
a place, it being, one would think, con
trary to their nature.—London Corre
spondence.
The Shah’s Tarkish Embassador.
His excellency Mirza Mahmoud Khan,
the shah’s embassador at Constantino
ple, holds his distinguished office upon
conditions which are quite without prec
edent in the diplomatic world. The
Lord of the Lion and the Sun does not
■ devote a penny of his revenue to main
-1 taining a representative at Stamboul.
He has in that city about 15,000 sub
jects, and these are duly taxed for the
purpose. Mirza Mahmoud hasnp reason
to complain of the arrangement, for by
the help of half a dozen ablebodied col
lectors he secures an income of about
£20,000. True, he is compelled to hand
over £4,000 yearly to his colleague at
Vienna, but the balance enables him to
live very comfortably. The contribu
tors, however, insist upon his spending
a certain amount on hospitality, and
whenever he gives a dinner party to the
corps diplomatique a committee of tax
i payers is posted in an anteroom, whence
they can satisfy themselves that their
: embassador does the thing in propel
style and keeps up ; - the dignity of the
nation.—London Qhroniclo.
A Dlvhion of Recreation.
Mrs. Chugwater—Josiah, it seems to
i me you are very stingy in taking that
'• new novel yourself before anybody else
in the family has bad a chance even to
' look at it
, Mr. Chugwater—What are ypu kick
, ing about? There’s the second volume,
i Can’t yon read that while I’m going
through the first? —Chicago. Tribune.
Distinction*.
It is not pretty to say of a woman
. that she talks too much, but she looks
complimented when you tell her that
she is a fine conversationalist —Somer-
ville (Mass.) Journal.
There are parts of the Ganges valley
in India where the population averages
1,200 to the square mile.
Since 1870 Victoria, Australia, has
voted mere than $500,000 for the de
struction of ral»p
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
It Creta nt Least *30,000 a Iw to Keep
the Bis BuUdia* In Repair.
It costs *BO,OOO a year to maintain Un
de Sam’s *14,000,000 building on Capitol
hill. That is the amount congress allows
every year for mechanics and laborers, for
brushes and hardware and lumber, for
tiles and grate bars and all the other sup
plies necessary to keep the capital in re
pair.
For improvements congress has appro
priated an average of *25,000 a year in ths
ten years just past, and much of that has
been spent in the last 19 months. Fifty
five thousand dollars has been nrert to
transform the senate’s system of ventila
tion and *45,000 to Introduce electrio light
in the building and grounds. For th*
current year other changes are planned.
There is always something unfinished
about the capital. A few yean ago the
most noticeable incompleteness was in the
terrace on the west front of the building.
That Is completed now. But the painter’s
ugly scaffold hanging in the rotunda
draws attention to the still unfinished
Brumidi frieze, and in the basement of
the senate wing the abrupt termination of
the brilliant tropical wall decoration is a
constant souroe of surprise.
Chance is responsible for the incom
pleteness of the waU paintings. They were
begun many years ago by an artist of rare
merit. He grew tired of the work or he
died—no one about the oapitol can say ac
curately which. At all events he disap
peared from the scene and the walls of
the senate wing rema) beautiful ih some
spots and bare in oti a The beautiful
spots have been clean I and renewed re
cently by W. H. Duckstein. Mr. Duck-,
stein has added also to the cleanliness of
what is known to the Irreverent as the
chamber of horrors by Cleaning the mar
ble statues there.
The delay in completing the frieze is not
a matter of chance. It is due to a dispute
in the committee on library over the im
portance ot certain events in national his
tory. This frieze, begun .by Brumidi, an
Italian artist, in 1878, Was only partly
done at the time of his death in 1889. The
hanging scaffold on which Brumidi did
his last work remained in place a long
time until another Italian, Costagglni,
was employed to carry out Brumidi’s de
signs,
What is represented by the annual ap
propriation of *30,000 and in the last year
by the special appropriations of *55,000
and *45,000 is not all that it takes to run
the Capitol and grounds. Care of the
grounds costs *12,000 * year, steam heat
ing and machinery for the senate *4,600,
the lighting of the building and grounds
and of the botanic gardens opposite *86,-
792 and the operation of the engine house
and stables *2,000.
But for the building Itself the cost of
maintenance Is *30,000 a year, or, includ
ing the improvements, *55,000. Some
business me'n figure repairs and improve
ments at 10 per cent of the value of the
building, and the actual cost of the oapitol
to date has been *14,000,000. —Chicago
Tribune.
Robert Fulton’* Torpedoes.
Before he turned his attention to navi
gation by steam Bobert Fulton Invented a
marine torpedo which he endeavored to
dispose of to the United States govern
ment. Succeeding in interesting James
Madison, then secretary of jnate, in the
matter, he obtained a small appropriation
from the government for the purpose ot
conducting some public experiments. In
the summer of 1806 he invited the high
dignitaries and a number of prominent
citizens of New York to Governor’s island
to see the torpedoes and machinery with
which his experiments were to be made.
While he was lecturing on his blank tor
pedoes, which were large, empty copper
cylinders, his numerous auditors crowded
around him. After awhile he turned to a
copper case of the same description which
was placed under the gateway ot old Cas
tle William and to which was attached a
clockwork lock.
Drawing out a peg, Fulton set the clock
in motion, and then he said in solemn
tones to his attentive audience: “Gentle
men, this is a charged torpedo, with
which, precisely in its present state, I
mean to blow up a vessel. It contains 170
pounds of gunpowder, and if I were to
suffer the clockwork to run 15 minutes
I have no doubt that it would blow this
fortification to atoms.’’
The circle of humanity which had dosed
around the inventor began to spread out
and grow thinner, and before five of the
15 minutes had passed there were but two
or three persons remaining under the gate
way. Some, indeed, lost no time in get
ting at the greatest possible distance from
the torpedo, and they did not again appear
on the ground until they were assured that
the engine of destruction was safely lodged
in the magazine whence it had been taken.
—Sacramento Beoord Union.
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Glad He Was Ma* Uk* Tbsse.
< ‘‘l haven’t any sympathy for the peo
ple who are always complaining and whin
ing,’’ remarked the man with the troubled
frown upon bis forehead. “In fact, I be
lieve that the mn and women who are al
ways fancying themselves ill used and
grumbling at other people ought to be
confined just as much as if they had hy
drophobia or got drunk; but there are
some troubles a man really can’t help
mentioning.
“Now, for instance,” he continued fret
fully, “I don’t suppose any man in Chi
cago has more real worries than I have.
•My wife tells me every night that she’s
tired of hearing me talk erf them, and the
other men in the office begin to tell funny
stories just as soon as I come around out
of sheer aggravation, I believe. My chil
dren run out of the room whenever I get
ready for a nice, long, confidential chat
with one of them, and even the dog howls
when I get ready to talk, I’m nearly al
ways so sad. But do Igo round telling
people what a martyr to fate and other
people I am? Well, I guess not, my friend.
I haven’t a particle of use for a chronic
complainer.”—Chicago Times-Herald.
Grewsome Birthday Celebration.
M. de Paris, otherwise Dffibler, th* pub
lic executioner of France, has just Cele
brated his seventieth birthday In agkew
■ome fashion by executing at Bastia, in
Corsica, the murderer Fazzini. The sqaf
foldings of the guillotines remain in th*
prisons throughout France where execu
tions may take place, but the knife is never
out of M. Deibler’s possession. He carries
I* in a long leather satchel, not unlike
an elongated dress suit case. When be
leaves Paris with his grim instrument of
justice, a small army ot newspaper men
usually accompany him in th* hop* that
something may happen. His trip to Oer-'
sica was hardly noticed, however, on a*-'
count of the Dreyfus excitement. Dealer
has probably killed more men thanany
other living person. Fazzini broughvhi*
record up to 50*.—San Francisco
naut. ‘
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«•» a WWto Lot For HMbtag.
The man who always wants some
thing far nothing made a discovery last
week in a Diamond street restaurant. A
waiter upset a glass on the marble top
ped lunch counter, breaking the edge erf
the glass. The waiter carelessly tossed
It under the counter and got another
with a smooth edge for the customer he
was serving.
“What do you do with glasses thus
slightly damaged?" asked the customer
of the restaurant proprietor, relating
the circumstance. ±
“Oh, we give them away; have to
get rid of them; can’t endanger the lipe
of customers by serving them in nicked
glasses. But why arc you interested?"
“ Why, I thought if you would give
me a few of the old glasses my wife
might use them for jtlliea.”
"Give me your ad.iress and I’ll send
you some," volunteered the restaurant
keeper.
The man with a longing for articles
without price went away gleefully, cal
culating mentally on hew much he had
saved on jelly glasue. Two days later,
when he went home from business, he
found 18 barrels in his back yard. His
wife said she supposed he had sent them,
and she paid the man *4.75 for deliver
ing them. When opened, the barrels
were found to contain broken glassware
and china of all sorts. None of it could
be used, not even for jelly glasses. Au
ash hauler charged *2 for taking away
the rubbish. The man who wants things
• for nothing has withdrawn his patron
age from a particular restaurant in Dia
mond street. —Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele
graph. •
Questioning I* Not Conversation.
The man who imagines that the art
of conversation consists in asking ques
tions spoils conversation as much as the
man whenever asks any. People of this
description will interrupt a speaker as
.frequently as they do in the French
chamber, and run anxiously from sub
ject to subject with their interrogatories,
like a cackling hen that is going to lay*
an egg. Horace Walpole, when exiled
at Houghton, bemoans the existence of
such a pest in the person of an aunt
Writing to his friend Sir Horace Mann,
he says: "I have an aunt here, a family
piece of goods, an old remnant of in
quisitive hospitality and economy. She
wore me so down by day and night
with interrogations that I dreamed all
night she was at my ear with a who’s,
why’s, when’s and what’s,' till at last
in my very sleep I cried out, ‘For
heaven’s sake, madam,’ ask me no more
question* ’ ’’
Dr. Johnson’s dislike of being ques
tioned is well known, and he gives the
classic refutation of the habit in his
own inimitable style: “Sir, questioning
is not the mode of conversation among
gentlemen. It is assuming a superiority,
and it is particularly wrong to question
a man concerning himself. Cham
bers’ Journal.
Hope Came to Him.
A number of persons were talking
about coincidences, when a clergyman
gave an instance in his own experience.
“When I was a very young man, before
I entered the ministry,’’ said he, “I met
with a series of misfortunes and was
nearly discouraged. One day I was seat
ed on a bench in the park of a foreign
city. My head was sunk upon my hands
and black despair covered me like a
cloud. I had about concluded to strug
gle no longer when a slight noise at
tracted my attention, and I glanced up
to see standing before mo and contem
plating me with big, solemn eyes the
most beautiful little girl I have ever be
held. ‘What is your name, my pretty
child?’ was my natural inquiry. ‘Hope, *
she answered in a clear, sweet voice.
Then she turned and ran away, and the
little earthly form whose lips had
brought me a message of comfort disap
peared forever, but the white spirit of
her name she had left in my heart, and
from that day I prospered. My eldest
daughter is called Hope. ’’ —Exchange.
Corker*.
At a London club there is the most
unique pair of curtains in existence.
This portiere is formed of hundreds of
champagne corks, taten. from every
known brand of champagne, each of
which bears the tin top which adorned
it when the cork was in its parent bot
tle. The corks are made into strings,
there being 60 of them to each string.
Between every cork there are three big
Chinese beads of turquoise blue. Alto
gether there are 24 strings, and at from
12s. to 16s. a cork, the portiere repre
sents a total expenditure ot about
£I,OOO. The corks are tied to a white
enameled pole, with fancy ends, and big
sashes of blue ribbon adorn the brass
knobs. The total effect is distinctly
pretty. What makes this unique por
tiere doubly valuable is the fact that
each cork bears the autograph of a fa
mous actor or actress of the present day.
—-London Standard.
Nothin* Plebeian About It.
She was an honored member of one
of the hereditary societies and was as
tonished to learn that she was accused
of wirepulling in connection with an
electian of office™.
"Wire pulling!” she exclaimed.
"Such an ipsulti Why, it is common,
positively common. People do that in
politico”
"Very true," returned her husband
consolingly, "but in politics it is prob
ably just common, ordinary wire, while
I have no doubt in your case the refer
ence was to the very highest grade of
insulated copper wire."
Naturally that made it seem differ
ent. —Chicago Post
How They De la Dawson.
“Up at Dawson City,” said a return
ed Klondiker, "the people seem strange
to you. Now, while I was at a hotel up
there burglars entered and swiped near
ly *600,000 in gold nuggets. ”
"What did the boarders do during
all this exaitement?'* asked the clerk.
"Kept perfectly cool,” was tho quiet
reply.—Denver Times
Al■ a 5
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO
THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THF Wnun ••faa-rrtura h
•’PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADEMARK*’
Z, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “CASTORIA ” the same that
has borne and does now bear Qn 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 ike 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.
March 24,
Do Not Be Deceived.
Bo not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know,
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE SIGNATURE
Insist on Having
• The Kind That Never Failed You.
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