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An Ordinance. «■■■«■■•■■ Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Griffin feat ftom and after the passage of this Ordinance: Sec. Ist. That it 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 i* meet ot 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 hot a member 01 theu 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. See. 4th. It shall be unlawful for 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. , t 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. afiSec. 7th. The employes of the Water Department shall have access to 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 jk 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 ihall have the same authority and power of regular policemen of the City of Griffin, for the purpose of enforc -4 ing the above ordinance. Sec. 10th. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict of the above are 1 hereby repealed.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, thefQl owing rateayvill fr? charged for the use of water per yearT ( 1. Dwellings: \ One 1-inch opening! for subscribers’ use only J................ $ 9.00 Each additional/spigot, sprinkler, bowl, closet of bath 3.00 Livery stables, bars, soda founts and photograph galleries 24.00 Each additional opening 6.00 . 2. Meters will bp furnished at the city’s expense, at the rate of SI.OO per year | rental of same, paid in advance. Ajnlni ” tnnm of fiLOO per month will be charged for water While the meter is on the service. The reading of the meters will be held proof of use of water, but should meter fail to register, the bill will be averaged from twelve preceding months. 3. Meter rates will be as follows; 7,000 to 25JpOQ gats, month..lsc 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 monfe, 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 Ou 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 tQ the sidewalk for $2.50; the rest of the piping must be done by a plumber at the consumers’ expense. An Ordinance. // y k\ */>/ 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 sttetr 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. 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»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 of Health giving the number and character of the garments diinfacted by them has been filed in the office ofthe 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. 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 ot twenty-five cents, and to the Clerk and Treasurer of the City ©f 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 further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here with are hereby repealed. DYNAMITE GUNS. fifteen Men In Relays Are Required *4 Work Them. Dynamite guns, such as are used upon the Vesuvius, are operated upon an en tirely different principle from the ordi nary powder gnus. They have engines and boilers and air compressors and coolers and all sorts of intricate ma chinery in a house not far away, by which the projectiles are fired. The dynanrte or gun cotton or explosive gelatin or whatever the explosive ma terial may be is contained in the pro jectile only. This projectile is called an “aerial torpedo” by the manufacturers and is exploded by means of a fuse similar to any powder gun’s. Dynamite or any other high explosive cannot be used in an ordinary cannon, because the powder would explode the dynamite before it left the gun, there fore the system of using compressed air came into vogue as the only method of throwing dynamite to any distance. The air is compressed and passed along through various tubes before reaching the gun and is used at about 1,000 pounds pressure to the square inch, which is much less than the power of powder. will be exploded at about 5,000 pounds pressure to the square inch. These guns are enormous affairs, smoothbore, 50 feet in length, made of the best iron, in three sections; flanged and bolted together and support ed on a steel carriage. The carriage is mounted upon a steel racing ring, sc called, and the system of handling is by means of an electric motor. As these guns are covered by a large number of patents they are very expensive, costing the government many thousands of dol lars each. Fifteen men in relays are required to work them. The gunner stands upon a platform on the left side of the carriage, uses a fine telescopic sight, and when all is ready* he pulls a lever which allows the compressed air to enter the gun, and the discharge takes place. These gun» are all loaded at the breech, and ths projectile is handled by a separate car riage The projectile is about 10 feet in length for the 15 inch gun, and when charged with 500 pounds of dynamite or gun cotton weighs fully 1,000 pounds. It is a steel tube composed of walls three-sixteenths of an inch thick and has a spiral vane at the rear. The fuse, is a foot in length and weighs 20 pounds. This fuse contains two pounds and a half of dry gun cotton and a few grains of fulminate of mercury as a de tonator. It is set to explode at impact or as the gunner may. desire as to time. —Leslie’s Weekly. w ‘ A TRANSPOSITION. It Mangled the Salutation, but the King Controlled Hi» Face. An American who years ago served as ouf minister to Spain was fond of telling the fallowing joke upon himself: Shortly after he had become settled in his new home he was bidden to a state ceremonial, where he was to be presented to the king. His knowledge of languages was limited* to English and French, and being desirous of ad dressing the sovereign in his own tongue he took pains to “coach” for the occa sion. Several phrases were rehearsed until he felt that he had mastered them. When the critical moment arrived, he saluted the king with great dignity, spoke a few words in Spanish and pass ed on. “What did you say?” asked an Eng lish gentleman. “I spoke in Spanish, ” was the rejoin der. “I said, ‘I cast myself at your feet, ’ which I am told is the most re spectful form of salutation.” “Ah, no,” corrected a Spaniard, who had been observed to smile at the em bass;.dor’s greeting. “ You are mistak en. Yau transposed, your words, and quite altered the meaning. ” - “What did I say?” asked the diplo mat. With a twinkle in his eye the Span iard made answer, ‘What you really said was, ‘I throw my heels at your head. ’" But the king had not betrayed by so much as the 'fluttering of an eyelid that anything unusual had occurred. —Har- per’s Magazine. No Fixation In Space. The common idea as to the path of the earth being “fixed in space” is tak en exception to by astronomers on the ground that there are few if any things in the domain of astronomy that can really be called fixed space, that fact being that unceasing changes are going on, though these changed are generally so slow as to escape the notice of a su perficial observer, but are fortunately periodic, so that they fall within the possibility of computation. Thus the earth’s path is not fixed, since the ecliptic undergoes a very slow change, so that, while at present it is a few sec onds more than 23 degrees 27 minutes, in about 15,000 years, astronomers cal culate, it will be reduced to 22 degrees 15 minutes, after which it will begin to increase again, a change so slow and within such narrow limits that it can produce no sensible alteration in the seasons.—Kansas City Journal. Even Up. While some Swiss militiamen were resting from their drill one of the men stepped from the ranks to light hia cigar from that of the officer. The lat ter took this evidence of the “spirit of freedom” in good part, but said, “In the Prussian army you could not have done thiscWfigy “Right you are, ” was the prompt re ply, “but in the Prussian army you could not be an officer. ” Red Pipestone Quarry. Every one familiar with Longfel low’s “Hiawatha” remembers the refer ences to the famous red pipestone quar ry, which is situated at the extreme eastern boundary of South Dakota. This is. the only quarry of the kind known to exist on the American conti nent. X. ■. r s4 “©•Mak.- In Church. The Utestand most novel entertainment among the colored population of Jeffwuon ville and vicinity is a “cat shake.” In ths colored Baptist church of that Indiana town a fuw nights ago the congregation gave one of these performances. A nickel each is charged the participants in the festivities. A large, scary cat is secured, and the minister stands in the pulpit with it in h»har.l. The people group about him with outstretched hands. He shakes the bag several times and then suddenly opens it and lets the oat out. The one who catches the animal gets 60 cents in cash. Rev. Mr. Rice, the pastor, had charge of the affair. He mounted the pulpit promptly at 8 o’clock and made a state ment in regard to the rules governing the contest. He then took the cat and held it up for inspection. It was a brilliant anL mal, with a strident voice. Then the min ister called “Time!" The lights had been turned low, to give the cat a chance to escape. The bag was swung around and around the head of the minister, and sud denly the cat flew out into the center of the room. Women shrieked as he raced up and down. At last, after 15 minutes’ struggling, Fannie O’Bannon clutched the cat firmly and held on to him. She flung her most persistent pursuer, Barker Hill, back into the crowd and made her way to the pulpit, where she presented the frightened animal to the pastor. The lights were turned up, there was a shout from the people, and in a neat little speech Bev. Mr. Rico present ed tho winner with a silver half dollar. — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Funny Burglar Story. An elderly woman and her daughter, living in Walnut street, have been spend ing tho last few days in recuperating from a nervous shock, each blaming the other as tho cafiso of tho trouble. The elder woman lives inconstant dread of burglars, and to additionally fortify her room at night she has taken to -standing a stick between the lower sash of her window and tho casing above, so it cannot bo opened. The other night she was awakened by hearing a racket In her room and finally mustering up enough courage to look around she discovered that her stick had fallen from the window to the floor, be hind the sewing machine. She arose, went to the machine and leaned over it to reach the stick. - 7* In the meantime the daughter had been awakened by tho same noise, and, fearing that a burglar had entered her mother’s room, she hurried to investigate. Reach ing the door, she saw, to her horror, that her mother was lying, head down, over the machine, evidently dead or uncon scious. Running over, she clasped the supposedly unconscious body around tho waist. Immediately tho mother gave forth such a succession of blood curdling shrieks as might have been heard for squares as she struggled in the grasp of the long ex pected burglar; but tho daughter, certain that her mother had gone mad with fright, held on for dear life, and the two struggled and swayed till finally they both fell exhausted on tho bed. Then they real ized the true situation, and they’ve been blaming each other ever since.—Philadel phia Record. How Men Fight Nowadays. George P. Gross, the colomAof the Third regiment, talked of war to a reporter about as it really is. C “There have been changes in war tac tics since the civil war, ” said he. “For instance, soldiers used to line up in battle shoulder to, shoulder and stand out in the open under a galling fire. That has been changed. When tho regiments are in lino firing nowadays, the mon will be three, four, five or even six feet apart. The ex tended order line is similar to the skir mish line. It is a very effective way of fighting and greatly reduces the loss of men. “ To march men upon the field shoulder to shoulder in the face of rapid firing ar tillery means a great slaughter. Gatling and Hotchkiss guns would simply mow them down. Then, too, thtr-’men are al lowed to protect themselves. They lie down and with their trench knives or bay onets scoop up loose earth, which is a great. protection from infantry fire. Loose earth will stop rifle bullets. “In the last war we used to raise earth fortifications and tramp the earth down hard. That is just what we should not have done. We should have thrown up the earth loosely. * “In an engagement a regiment is marched out upon the field in three bat talions under the command of majors, the companies—four to a battalion—com manded by the captains. By this means the colonel and lieutenant colonel can di rect the maneuvering of the regiment.”— Kansas City Star. “John Inglesont” Declined. James Payn has himself fold how ho refused “ John Inglesant, ” one of the most successful stories, of the century. He chanced to come across a paragraph stat ing the fact and was most indignant, tell ing the head of the firm that he was going to give the writer a bit of his mind. “I don’t think I would trouble to do that,” the publisher replied. “Why not?” asked Mr. Payn. “Because—well, because you did refuse‘John Inglesant,’you know.” “I did nothing of the kind,” protested Mr. Payn. “Refuse ‘John Inglesant!’ I refuse‘John Inglesant!’ I never heard of such a thing.” However, he was con- Vmcod when his own letter of declinature was shown and laughed heartily over the incident, adding always: “I had refused ‘John Inglesant, ’ and my publisher had never said a word of it to me. Wasn’t it good of him?” It is also an open secret that, although Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co. published “Robert Elsmere,” tho book was rejected by Mr. Payn. But, on the whole, he was appreciative and quick to discern new tal ent.—Publishers’ Circular. An Ineffective Cure. In attempting to cure ourselves of the habit of smoking, which has been a suc cess so far, we first accumulated the habit of chewing gum until the ball bearing movement of our lower jaw became a per petual motion and kept us awake nights. We paid a special jaw doctor to lead our jaws back to the ways of civilization; then we swore off on gum. We next accumu lated the peanut chewing habit, which has clogged up our entire system until we really feel indifferent in regard to this life or the mysterious life beyond the shadow. If there is a doctor in this country who makes a specialty of curing peanut fiends, he can secure a job at this office. —Enid (O. T.) Wave. The Other Way. Mr. Chick—Your father is such a pas sionate man, Mabel! Do you think he will be violent if I approach him with re gard to my intentions respecting yourself? Mabel (wearily)—No, but he will be if • you don’t soon! —London Fun. '■ : ■ 7777 jra I A STORY OF WATSON. ' AN OCCASION WHEN THE OLD BEA DOG WANTED TO SWEAR. L'; Net Beta* a Profane Mou, However, Gave the Job Which Ronaed Hie Wrath to Fuller, the Bara's Mate, and Thea let Events Take Their Coarse. Jjjhn Crittenden Watson docs not be long to the Hat ot "cussing officers,” yet as aman-o’-war skipper he Never had a man of his ship’s company aft for ’swearing. Ho was singularly indulgent ot the hard swearqys forward. “Hard language helps a man along occasionally, ” he has been known to say to one of hl?, deck officers upon over • hearing a etrexin of maledictions from the lips of some old Cat foot working at •.stubborn job forwaid, “and it is bet ter for the men to work off their wrath over fouled anchor chains in cuss words than to tako it cut ut each other’s bide.” Aboard ono of- tfeo ships under Wat son’s command there was an old bos’n’e mate named Fuller, who had the call throughout the whole navy as the cham pion profane man of the government’s line of packets. Fuller never raised hia voice when he swore. He would simply stand back and quietly regard the inan imate Abject of hia wrath—a bent be laying pin perhaps or a slack ridgff rope —and then he would open up in an or dinary conversational tone. But the ut terances he gave vent to were sulphur ous. It always took Fuller a good five minutes to work off what he considered the necessary number of remarks on such occasions, and it always seemed, When he was through, that he bad quite exhausted the whole vocabulary of pro fanity. But this was a mistake. The very next time anything went wrong with a bit of Fuller’s gear he would start in on a new line that would con tain absolutely not a single repetition of any of his previous performances. It was always a source of wonder to Ful ler’s shipmates, even the old timers, where he picked up the new ones, all of which were of startling originality and force. , These shipmates related only one in stance in which he found himself at a loss for words. He was with a landing party from his ship, marching on the outskirts of Chemulpo, Korea. He stub bed his toe on a loose bowlder in the road and fell on his face in the dust. He picked himself up and looked at the road. He opened his mouth to say some -1 thing, but he had no words. He was dumb with wrath. Two or three times he attempted to begin, but it was no go. He was stuck for once, so he pulled out a pistol and deliberately fired it into the air five times. He had to express his feelings in some way. When Fuller was serving aboard Watson’s ship, he was in good shape, and his frequent quiet outbursts kept the forward part of the ship keyed up with wonder as to what was coining next. One morning at big gun drill Captain Watson himself was superin i tending the exercise. One of the wooden cartridges became jammed in the breech of the 6 inch rifle to which he was de ; voting most of his attention. He , wouldn’t permit any of the gunner’s mates around him to attempt to loosen the but essayed the job him self. He tugged at the jammed'eartridge : and broke his finger nails over it, and still it wouldn’t come out. It was a pretty hot morning on deck, and the perspiration began to roll off his face in streams, but he persisted in trying to loosen the stuck cartridge. He looked as if he would like to say a heap were he a swearing man, but he wasn’t a swearing man. When he had been working for five minutes over the jam med cartridge with no success, be look ed pretty helpless and miserable. He gave one final tug, but the stuck car tridge remained in the gun’s breech. The skipper gathered himself together, mopped his forehead and looked at the gun. “Confound it all,” he broke out, “where’s Fuller? Send me Fuller, some body. ” Fuller was on hand directly. He wasn’t a gunner’s mate, and he had nothing to do with the guns, but Wat eon wanted Fuller to tackle the jammed cartridge all the same. “Fuller,” said Watson, “try and get that dummy out of that gun.” Fuller looked at the stuck cartridge, and Watson retreated to the starboard side of the quarter deck. Fuller made two or three daws at the wooden car tridge, but it wouldn’t come out. A gunner’s mate could have got it out in a jiffy, but Fuller wasn’t in that line of the service. He tugged away, but it was no go. Watson stood regarding the horizon on the starboard side of the quarter deck. Fuller spat on his bands and made one more try. The dummy didn’t move a tenth of an inch. Then Fuller mopped bis forehead with his Deckerchief, clapped his cap on the back Ot his bead and opened up. It was great work, this performance of Fuller’s, and bo mistake. He edipsed all of his for mer efforts. He stood with his hands on his'bides, looking at the gun breech and saying things at it that no Morgan or Kidd or Teach or other heaven defying pirate could ever have equaled. The jinen stood around, just looking at Ful ler in open mouthed amazement They couldn’t make out where he got them all They were all in English, but the combinations were weird. The perora tion was frightful, although delivered in the mildest tone imaginable. When Fuller finished, he mopped his forehead with his neckerchief again and Walked over to his commanding officer, who was looking over the starboard rail, apparently thinking deeply. Fuller saluted. ■’lt’s stuck proper, sir,” said Fuller. “I can’t get it adrift ” “Well,” said Watson, “I didn’t think you could. Fuller, but I needed ‘ you. Thanks. You did very well Go forward.”—New York Sun. ( a AT 1 AHI ■ wk I fiw&rTWM&i MuHu I Illi IM > ..AS I tlffiMM Ihs Kino You Havo I Always Bought - Preparalion for As- ® J Bears the / . Promotes Digestion,Cheerful- ■ ness and Ftest.Cohlatns neither M Opium. Morphine norMte£fal. ■ 01 ZjVAIf Not Narcotic. ■ * 1 kJ la in (\ ill’ J- HI H |SI t Rl W U A perfect Remedy forConslipa- fl I ■ tion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, [fl I Worms,Convulsions,Feverish- 91 |\A rur uver 1 Thirty ifiArQ NEW YORK. | Iil! 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