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‘.I .., ... I A /4ivkA __ «■** • t-w <i •'* vrtr ■ * • I _ - /"Vi A t/tri . /• __ jl B tec. fat. Thatlt shall be unlawful 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 of the City ofGriffin ; 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 J* 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. Sto Wd. It shall be hnlawful for any person to use water from any spigot or person to couple pipes to spigots .unless paubfbr hs an extra outlet. Sefc. Sth. It Shall be unlawful for any person to turn on water to premises or add asy f pivot or fixture without first obtain ing* pernfit 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 c n the service. Spigots and pipes must b$ bpyed or wrapped to prevent, freezing; they will not be allowed to run fortha purpose. MBec. 7th. The employes of the Water Department shall have access to the premises of any subscriber for the purpose oQreaffing 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 convictjon Bijall 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 priaoned la.the city prison for a term not exceeding sixty days, either or all, in the discretion of tbd court. , Sec. 9th. The employees of the Water Department shall have the same authority and 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 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict of the above are hereby repealed.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. 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 owing rates will be charged for the use of One f inch opening for subscribers’ use only $ 9.00 Each additional spigot, sprinkler, bowl, closet or bath 8.00 Viveryjrtables, bars, soda founts and photograph galleries 24.00 Each additional opening 6.00 2. Meters will be fttrnished at the city’s expense, at the rate of f 1.00 per year rental of same, paid in advance. A mini wnn of |I.OO por month will be charged for witter while the meter is on the service. The reading of the meters will be held proof of usWK 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.. 15c 1,000 25,000 “ 50,000 •» “3 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 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 so the sidewalk for $2.50; the rest of the piping must be done by a plumber at the consumers’ expense. An Ordinance. An to prevent the spreading of diseases through the keeping and ex posing for sate 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. See. Ist. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Griffin, thsft from'ana after the passage of this ordU nance, it shall be unlawful 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 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 geous diseases, in which event this ordi nance shall apply. ; ' f 37' -" k ' Bm. 2nd. Be it further ordained by the authority 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 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. Sec. Brd. Be ft farther ordairfed by the authority aforesaid, That every person or persons, firm or corporation convicted of ; a violation of this ordinance, shall be fined end sentenced not more than one hundred ' dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang, either or both, in the discretion of the Judge oftte Criminal Court, for each of enforced and report aH violations the Sec. 4th. Be It farther ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances “d parte of ordinances in conflict here with are hereby repealed. ■„. . . I I I BABIES IN CHINA. ' ' I Little Ones In the Celectlnl Empire Ito. oeive Mach Attention. Babies are made much of all the world over, but In China especially they are sur rounded with a host of mysterious super stitious and practices. They are very comical, to look at, these children of the Celestials. From the day they are born they are put Into a little coat and trousers, with a wee cap to keep . the head warm, and little shoes on their feet. In fact, they are the exact counter parts of their parents In miniature. A child is not bathed until the third day. It is not considered lucky to do so before. When this has been done, charms, consisting -of lucky cash (smallest coin) and Small silver toys are attached by red cord to the child’s wrists and worn for many months. This Is to keep away all evil spirits. ' Red strips of paper with certain char acters written on them are also nailed up outside the door of baby’s room to ward off all evil Influences. These strips are kept up until after the eleventh day, and It Is usual for no stran ger to enter until they have been removed. When a Chinaman has lost several chil dren, on the birth of another he Is espe cially careful to guard it from evil spirits, who evidently have a spite against him. He therefore Invests in a sword made out of cash and strung togethhvwlth red cord. This is hung up by baby’s bed as a charm and is considered very effective. The child generally leaves the room at the end of the month, and on that day the head la shaved for the first time. I cannot learn that any great Importance is attached to the giving of a name to the child. It is, as a rule, the grandfather or grandmother on the father’s side for choice who names It, but if they are dead it de volves on the mother’s parents or some elderly relation. . ‘ y iWhen baby has arrived at the mature age of 4 months, the maternal grandmoth er makes it a present of a most elaborate chair with a table attached. There is gen erally a feast on this day, and mahy friends are invited. A curious custom Is observed when the child is a year old. Again a party Is given to celebrate the event, and a large sieve is placed upon the table with various arti cles laid upon It—books, writing imple ments, gold, silver, fruit, etc. Baby, at tired in new red cloths with red cord braid ed in his hair, is placed in the center of the sieve, and according to what articles he seizes first will his fortune be told. If he takes up the money, of course he will be come a merchant and rich; If a book, why, he will be learned and distinguish himself in literature. In every household there is an image of the goddess of children, who is supposed to have the care of the little ones tlll they grow up. Many offerings are made to her, especially on the child’s birthday. When a child reaches the age of 16 years, he is supposed to pass from the control of his particular goddess, and a ceremony is gone through called the “going out of childhood.” Afterward thank offerings are made to the goddess of the children for the care bestowed. But to return to our babies. As I men tioned before, the head is shaved when a month old—sometimes entirely—but very often a small patch is left at the crown of the head and the hair plaited into a stiff little cUej which stands out straight from the head through a little hole in the cap. It it is a little girl, her head is often not shaved, but her hair plaited into two plaits above the ears. Red cord is plaited in with the hair as a charm, for spirits can not face red, hence baby's red clothes.— Ladies’ Pictorial. Remember the Baker. Dbn Carlos Is thoroughly familiar with the history and legends of Venice. Re turning recently from mass at St. Mark’s cathedral, he paused before a statuette in mosaic on the front of the cathedral facing the Adriatic and said: "My dear friend, you see this Virgin before which these two lighted lamps keep watch day and night It was put there In expiation of an error of justice by the Senate in the time of too republic of Venice. Let me tell you the foie. A young baker, accused of a crime, was hanged, and a little while after it came to light that the poor fellow was innocent. Then the senate had this statuette placed in commemoration, and every timq that the supreme court of the republic pro nounced sentence of death on a criminal a herald entered and said, ‘Remember the baker,’ and they commenced a new trial and gave judgment again. The republic has passed away; the statuette remains.” Extempore Prayers. Division seems imminent in the local Congregational organization over the question of the use of liturgical forms in public worship. The principal opponent of the present custom of uttering extem poraneous effusions in preference to set prayers is the Rev. George B. Hatch. In advocacy of the formal plan he tells a story of a certain pastor in this city who prayed in jpubllo for 25 minutes and then begged the Almighty to "forgive his short comings!” “I also know a moneyed and miserly deacon,” says Mr. Hatch, "who in plead ing at the throne of grace for himself, his children and his grandchildren offered this unique and humble supplication, though the petitioner was in reality a very proud and vain individual: "O Lord, save thine unworthy dust, and thy dust’s dust, and thy dust’s dust’s dust!”—San Francisco News Letter. A New “Heated Term.** We have a little 4-year-old tot at our boarding house named Teddie, who daily enlivens his parents with some original speech or other, with which of course the boarders are regaled at mealtimes. The latest was listened to this morning at breakfast. A local pain made the applica tion of a hot water bag desirable, and when it began to cool Teddie said: "Papa, won’t you ‘hotten’ this up again?” "And did you?" asked “Hop.” “Certainly,” the happy father made re ply. “Well, don’t keep it up,” said “Hop,” “or you’U make a ‘hotten’ tot of that cher ub. ” —Hardware. May Pay His Million. Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind mil lionaire of New York, who is said to have offered 91,000,000 for the restoration of his sight, is perhaps in away to have the opportunity to pay the money. His offer has been regarded as a standing one and has brought such a luge number of spe cialists and doctors of all kinds with cures that for the past two yean Mr. Rouss has employed John F. Martin, afflicted with the same sort of blindness, to test the many treatments offered. Naw Mr. Mar tin is under the care of a Dr. Cassidy and with some new methods is reported as be ginning to regain his vision. - ■ •- - i | THREE QUEER CITIES. 1 Eack Oa« Is Balls oa Islaada Cnaa.skei * by Manx Bridges. The city of Ghent, in Belgium, is built on 26 islands. These islands are connected with each other by 80 bridges. The city has 800 streets and 90 public squares. It is noted for being the birthplace of Charles V and of John of Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called "time honored Lancaster. ’ ’ and as the scene at the pacification of Ghent Nov. 8, 1578, and of several insurrections, sieges StedL executions of well known personages. It is associated with American history by the treaty made there Deo. 84, 1814, terminating the second war between England and the United States, known as the war of 1812. Amsterdam, in Holland, is built on piles driven far below the water into the earth. The oity is intersected by many canals, which are spanned by nearly 800 bridges, and resembles Ven ice in the mingling of land and water, though it is considerably larger than that city. The canals divide the city, which is about ten miles in circumfer ence, into 90 islands. The oity of Venice is built on 80 islets, which are connected by nearly 400 bridges. Canals serve for streets in Venice? and boats, called gondolas for carriages. The bridges are, as a rule, very steep, rising considerably in the middle, but have easy steps. The cir cumference of the city is about eight miles. The Venetians joined the Lom bard League against the German em peror, and, in 1177, gained a great vic tory in defense of Pope Alexander HI, over the fleet of war vessels headed by Otto, son of Frederic Barbarossa. In gratitude for this victory the pope gave the poge Ziani a ring, and instituted the world famous ceremony of. "Venice Marrying the Adriatic Sea.”. In this ceremony the doge, as the chief ruler of Venice used to be termed, with appro priate ceremonies dropped a ring into the sea every year in recognition of the wealth and trade earned to Venice by the Adriatic. THE DUNKERS’ LOVE FEAST. Feet Wa.hlng, the Great Sapper and the Klm of Peace. "The most important and the most beautiful custom of the Dunkers is their love feast, which they celebrate in com memoration of the Lord's rapper, after the manner of the primitive Chris tians, ’’writes Clifford Howard in de scribing the customs of the Dunkers of Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pa., in The Ladies’ Home Journal. "The celebration is held at nightfall and begins with the rite of feet wash ing, in imitation of the act performed by the Master at the last rapper, when Jae washed the feet of his disciples. Small tubs of lukewarm water are brought in, and those about to receive the ordinance remove their shoes and stockings. The brothers then in turn, each one girding himself with a towel, wash and dry one another’s feet, the sisters at the same time doing likewise among themselves in their part of the room. "After this follows the rapper, the feast of love, which is spread on long, tables and consists of lamb soup and bread and other simple viands. It is eaten in devout solemnity and rever ence. At the dose of the meal the broth ers turn to one another and extend the right hand of fellowship and the kiss of peace, each one shaking hands with his neighbor and kissing him, While the sisters at their tables perform the same beautiful rite among themselves. The communion is then administered. ” Owls In Chicago. Chicago has a novel trade in owls, the supply coming to the commission merchants from the farmers’ boys in the nearby states. The first owl which came to Chicago in this manner was sent as a venture by a farmer boy, who had somehow man aged to entrap it alive. It proved so un expectedly successful in ridding the .warehouse of rats and mice—having been freed at night with the idea of making an experiment in this direction —that it was purchased by the man in whose care it was resting. The freedom from rodents which it brought induced other commission men to look out for owls, and from the commission firms the idea gradually spread to the grocers, butchers and market keepers generally of the city. Now a large percentage of these men keep an owl down in the cel lar during the daylight and bring it up to the store when darkness falls. It is said that the expense and care of main taining owls are mare than repaid by their services in vanquishing the rats and mice, The owners and janitors of the large apartment houses in the city axe also beginning to realise the value of possessing an owl when rats, mice, cockroaches and vermin generally are to be exterminated.—Chicago Timf-Her aid. Picking Pockets With Toes. The gauchos, or dwellers in the ex tensive plains ot Buenos Ayres, are marvelously dexterous with both hands and feet. Many of them have acquired through long practice such skill In using their toes as if they were fingers that they can fling the lasso and even pick pockets with them. Some time ago a Frenchman who was fishing in one of the rivers of Buenos Ayres was warned .to be on his guard against the light fin gered natives. He forthwith kept a vig ilant watch on his companions, but nevertheless one day, when his attention was closely riveted on his float, a wily gaucho drew near, and, delicately in serting his foot, extracted the French man's hooks and other valuables from his pocket—Boston Transcript Hl. Way of Binding I*. Tourist—lt wears me out completely to travel Chance Acquaintance—Your business compels you to do it, I presume. Tourist—No, lam traveling for my i health.—Chicago Tribune. wii —«• - ■ - A Has With a teaak. The wise one was explaining to the other that the bat cannot see in the day - I time. It was in the basement at a but ter, eggs and chicken place on Washing ton street "You see,” he said, as he stuck his finger close to the wide open eyes of the bat "he can't see a wing Now watch.” He jabbed his finger into the eyeball of the unsuspecting little victim, which at once threw up its wings and hopped to the farther end of the perch. But the wise man was not satisfied. He wanted to demonstrate his knowl edge still further. "No, he can’t see a bit, ” he said, jabbing his finger the second time into the staring eye. "See,” he mid, as he repeated his demonstration. The bat in the n- runtime was flap ping its wings excite ily and trying to grope its way to safety. “That's* peculiar thing about owls and bats,” the wise one went on, "that they can soe only in the nighttime. Now, you just watch for yourself.” Again he tortured the frightened night bird. By this time the worm turned. The bat fought back, and by a quick move ment caught the torturing finger in its beak. The wise man jerked his hand away, and with a loud "Onoh!” put the digit into his own mouth to rack the blood. "Yes, I see,” said his friend.—Chi cago Journal. French Loal Papers. The French local papers are the merest rags, conducted in many cases by people who appear to be totally ignorant of everything that goes out side their own department The result is that the most extraordinary state ments appear. In a paper local* to the Riviera there once appeared the an nouncement: "Cowardly attempt on the life of a president Mr. Jameason has been ar rested for the attempted assassination of M. Johannes Burg, the president of. the Transvaal republic.” This was at the time of the Jamieson raid. This same paper recently noted the arrival of "Lady Killarny” on the Ri viera and added that "Lady Ki Harney” was a daughter of the Prince of Wales who had married an Irish nobleman of high rank and had been obliged to re nounce all her royal rights in order to do so. This was why she did not go to the same place as the queen or the Princess of Wales. "Lady Killarney”* Was the Duchess of York. Another French local paper of equal standing once announced that “Lord Balfour, president of the Liberator club and son-in-law of Lord Salisbury, ” had been Imprisoned by "Sir Gladstone” in the Tower of London. —London Graphic. Swallowing Salt Water. One of the most beneficial features of a sea bath is the saltwater inadvertent ly swallowed by bathers. It is a won derful tonic far the liver, stomach and kidneys. In many cases it will cure biliousness when all drug preparations have failed. It is peculiarly effective in ordinary cases of indigestion, disordered stomaoh and insomnia, and has been known to produce excellent results in many case%of dyspepsia. Clean sea water is full of tonic and sedative propertiea It won’t hurt any body. Indeed, two or three big swal lows of it would be of positive benefit to nine bathers out of ten. It is not of oourse a palatable or tempting dose to take, but neither is quinine nor calomel. You saldfjto, ever see an old sailor who is bilious or dyspeptic or a victim to insomnia, and why? For the reason that an ocean of good medicine spreads all about his sky, and he doses himself copiously with ip whenever his physical mechanism becomes the least bit de ranged.—Washington Star. Th* Humidity Mater. The amount of moisture present or the humidity of the air is determined by a comparison of dry and wet bulb thermometer* They are both ordinary thermometers, but the bulb of the latter is covered with muslin that is wet In the latest form of instrument the ther mometers are mounted on arms carried by a shaft that is rotated by a crank which is geared to the shaft The mo tion of the shaft rotates the thermome ters in vertical planes and causes the water in the muslin to evaporate more or less rapidly, according to the amount of moisture in the air. This evaporation lowers the temperature of the thermom eter, and from tables constructed after long experiments the degree of moisture can be determined by the difference in temperature between the two thermom eters.—E. J. Prindle in Popular Science. Washing la Hard Water. It is difficult to wash our hands clean with hard water, because the soda of the soap combines with the sulphuric acid of the hard water and the oil of the soap with the lime and floats in flakes on the top of the water. Sulphate of lime consists of sulphuric add and Una. It is difficult to wash in salt wa ter because ft contains muriatic acid, and the soda of soap combines with the muriatic acid of the salt water and pro duces a cloudiness. He Kaaw later. "It is a pretty name, ” the impres sionable traveler murmured. "But tell me, why do they call you Manita?” There was an arch smile on the Rav age maiden’s face. "Evidently, ” she said, as she signal ed to her brothers, who were concealed in the bush with clubs, "you do not know ouj favorite food. Harlem Life. H* Kji*w Him. Bay—Mr. Smittexs wants to know if you’ll lend him an umbrella. He says you know him. “You may eay that 1 do know him. He win probably understand why you | didn’t bring the umbrella.’"—Boston Transcript AsM i iPPiM I To MOTHERS. WF ARF ASSERTING INTHE nrYnrr.rr THE I-XCLUSrVE USE OF THE CAS "PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADEMARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does 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 U 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. 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 Yon Have Always Bought” BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF f o /? • V ft w Insist on Having The Kind That Never Filed You. THE CCNTAUN COMPANY. Ts MVRIIAV NTRCrT. NCW VOfM CITY. r ... ■ ■ ■ ’ - '"WO —GET YOUH JOB PRINTING DONE A.T The Morning Call Office. We have just supplied our Job Office with a complete line ol Btationer' kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way Os. 5 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS STATEMENTS, IRCULARB, ENVELOPES, NOTES," , MORTGAGES, PROGRAMS f JARDS, POSTERS’ • DODGERS, E-mv'., MV We c*try toe x»t Ine of ENVELOFEfI vet Jffsvd : this trade.: An stir at .ire POSTER cf a&y size can be issued on short notice. Our prices for work ot all kinds will compare favorably with those obtained TOO any office in the state. 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