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fem ' g= ~ An Ordinance. < 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, y ■ Sec. 2nd. It shall be unlawful for any Consumer to permit any person, not em n loved by them, or not a member ot their fondly, to use water from their fixtures. f . Sec. 3rd. It shall be unlawful for any person to use water from any spigot or » spigots other than those paid for by him. fee. 4th. It shall be unlawfhl 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 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. | : ■ Sec. 7th. The employes of the Water Department shall have access to the premises of any subscriber for the purpose rereading 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 »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 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict of the above are •, hereby repealed. 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 of Health of the City of Griffin, to prescribe foes 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, 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 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 tire 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. Bee. 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 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 tbe 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. 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 water per year: 1. Dwellings: One f-inch opening for subscribers’ use only .-..$ 9.00 • Each additional spigot, sprinkler, bowl, closet or bath 8.00 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 SI.OO 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. Tbe reading 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. 3. Meter rates will be as follows: 3222 ™’222 gala - mont h. . isc 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 premiaM unless provided with an approved stop apd waste cock properly located in M position. w ?be 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 by reason of the same. 7 ; application to the Water De- Pkrtment, the city wm tap mains and lay pipes to the sidewalk f0r52.50; the rest of the piping must be done by a plumber at the consumers’ expense. JF. ; -1 - DEADLY SEA SNAKES. VILE REPTILES THAT INFEST THE WA TERS OF THE PHILIPPINES. f . ■ ~ 3 Th* Venom of Thea* Serpent* I* Mor* r ratal Than That of th* Cobra and a j Mere Scratch From Their Faaga Win ) Produce Serious Result*. Not only do various reptiles and other queer creatures abound in the forests r and swamps of the Philippines, but the - surrounding water of these interesting ’ islands team with veritable sea serpents. These strange creatures, which pass . their entire existence in the water, pos- ■ sees deadly fangs. They are a great ■ menace to the fishermen, who are con i stantly exposed to their attacks. Technically speaking, science has ’ named the group the Hydrophidae. 1 They-differ froip the terrestrial snakes only in the possession of a flat, paddle , like tail. These reptiles inhabit tbe , tropical seas of the old world and occa i sionally attain a length of 8 feet Dr. Rudolph Weber, professor of drawing in Princeton university, observed large numbers of these creatures while on a steamer bound for Sumatra. Dr. Weber was in charge of a scientific expedition ahd naturally took special notice of them. He says that when the vessel was some 50 miles off the coast myriads of pea snakes could be seen swimming hbont as far as the eye could reach. They kept upon the surface, and several distinct speoies were recognized among them. : During calm weather these reptiles may be seeh sunning themselves upon the surface of the sea, remaining mo tionless except tor a alight undulation caused by the movement of the water. When alarmed, the agile reptiles dive like arrows, leaving a train of bubbles behind them. Some species are extreme ly brilliant in coloration, being bright yellow, banded with black, while others are tinted With delicate shades of green. The food of sea snakes consists entire ly of fishes. Frequently fishes armed with long sharp spines fall victims to their appetites. Among these are the apogous and siluroids, which are fur nished with spines three and five inches long. But these do not embarrass the voracious reptile in the least. The vic tim is first killed by the snake’s poison, after which it is swallowed head first. The spines, naturally pointing toward the tail of the victim, and being relaxed in death, are compressed against the body of the fish as deglutition proceeds. While in search of their prey, sea snakes sometimes venture a short dis tance up the mouth of large rivers. Dr. Weber records an instance where he was fishing in one of the rivers on the east coast of Sumatra. He was using a dragnet and had cornered a number of medium sized fish. As the net was being brought in, two large sea snakes suddenly made their appearance inside. They showed no signs of uneasiness at capture, but Were hurriedly gobbling down the cornered fishes. Nor did they cease operations until, the last fish had disappeared, when the formidable crea tures made their escape. Being air breathers, the sea snakes lead a similar existence to the whale. Scientists have expressed much interest as to how long they can remain under water. Professor R. P. Witfield of the American Museum of Natural History, while dragging for corals, saw a large sea snake lying motionless among some coral growths, some eight feet below the surface. It showed no signe of fear and remained in the same position for half an hour. The venom of these rep tiles is even more deadly than that of the cobra. The fangs are very short, and consequently do not penetrate so deep as the fangs of most serpents, but only a scratch from them is necessary to produce serious results. Owing to their great shyness accidents are very rare, When cornered, they snap upon a victim. As the eyes are adapted only for use in the water they strike blindly when brought into the air, although living for days when removed from their native element Many specimens hauled up in fisher men’s nets have been sent to zoological gardens. The London gardens even went so fax as,to build a special tank for their accommodation. But these captured specimns either die en route or a short time after being placed in captivity. Seeking a dark corner of their tank, they refuse all food and ul timately starve to death. Around tbe numerous volcanic islands of the Malay an archipelago these reptiles are par ticularly numerous. Frequent eruptions occur among these islands, which are hafdly more than the body of the vol cano. During the time of an eruption the few people residing near by take to the water in their boats to escape the rain of ashes and mud. It is generally a case of jumping from the frying pan into the fire, how ever. At such times the sea becomes uncomfortably warm from its close proximity to the burning mountain, and the sea snakes swim wildly about fbr escape. They endeavor to climb over tlfe gunwales of the refugees’ boats, while they twine their bodiesm great masses about the forward chains. When about to lay their eggs, these serpents approach the shore. The eggs are laid above high water mark and left to hatch by the heat off the sun. Many creatures prey upon the young reptiles. Among their enemies are sharks and other'large fishes, while the adults, in spite«of their derfth dealing fangs, fall victims eagles and large gulls. After the great typhoonfig which are common in the Philippines and their vicinity,’many of these crea tures may be found along the beach, where they have been cast up during the storm and killed by the violent pounding of tbe waves--—>New York Times. A planter in Honduras has a right to “register" himself and 50 laborers, whereby they are exempt from military service. ' A j BREATHE PURE AIR. Th - w Breathe pure air always. In the lungs a most important physiological process occurs. It is from here that the blood laden with oxygen is sent to all parts of the body, giving off along its course its oxygen and taking up carbonic acid gas, which it brings at last to the lungs, when it is cast out in expiration. More oxygen is taken in by inspiration and the same process ia repeated. So let your breathing be full and deep, going to the very bottom of the lungs in order that all of the blood in them may receive its full amount of oxygen before again starting upon its tour of distribution through the body. Can one use anymore forcible argument in favor of loose clothing than thia? It is abso lutely impossible to secure plenty of oxygen if the clothing is worn at all tight, and oxygen is a food which the body must have always in abundance to keep well. The air leaving the lungs is laden with that deadly poison carbonic acid gas, which if given off in a close room when no provision is made for its escape and the entrance of pure air soon renders the air utterly unfit to breathe. Perhaps some night you will find yourself un able to sleep and tumble restlessly about in bed. When this occurs, go to an open window and inhale the fresh air, breath ing slowly-and deeply. A few minutes of this and you can return to bed and probably will soon be sleeping quietly. What has happened? By ita restlessness , the body was asserting its need of more oxygen. Now you have given it what it so emphatically asked for, and it is quiet. We get as much uneasiness and disturbance from the want of this food as when we do not eat enough, only the symptoms are not so well understood nor recognized so quickly. Always keep your mouth closed and breathe through your nose. Then the air is warmed, slightly moistened and largely treed from particles .of dust, so that when it enters the lungs it does not irritate them. A condition often met with by phy sicians is anaemia. In this trouble the patient is pale, lifeless looking, tired and generally used up, often without being able to tell distinctly how she does feet Sometimes these patients say that they have not enough blood. It is really only an element of the blood which, is wanting, but that is a very important one—namely, the red blood corpuscle. When you know that it is only those corpuscles which have the power to take up and carry oxygen, you see at once how important it is that the blood should not be lacking in them. Good, wholesome food, plenty of it and well digested will give you the corpuscles Furnish them with the oxygen and the body will have an important element toward health.—What to Eat. THE SOUTHERN CROSS. Changing; Position In the Heavens ot This Celebrated Constellation. If Job were to rise from the dead and look upon the heavens, says Professor T. J. J. See in The Atlantic, he would see the constellations related to one an other as ot old, but he would find that the pole had shifted its position among the stars, and if an immortal could wit ness the grand phenomenon which the precession of the equinoxes produces in about 12,900 years he would find the heavens so altered that the former as pect could be recognized only by an un derstanding of the changes which had intervened. As Humboldt justly remarks, the beautiful and celebrated constellation of the Southern Cross, never seen by the present inhabitants of Europe and visible in the United States only on our southern coast, formerly shone on the shores of the Baltic, and can again be seen in that latitude in about 18,000 years. The cross will then be visible on the shores of Hudson bay, but at pres ent it is going rapidly southward, and in a few thousand years will be invisi ble even at the extreme point of Florida. In like manner the brilliant star Ca nopus in the constellation Argo, situat ed some 87 degrees south of Sirius, is now visible in the southern portion of the United States. In about 12,000 years it will cease to rise even in Central America. From the same cause, if Ptol emy were to again look upon the heav ens at Alexandria, he would be unable to recognize Alpha and Beta Centauri, which he easily saw and catalogued in the time of Hadrian. At pfesent these magnificent stars are just visible at the pyramids, near Cairo, and in a few mare thousand years they can be seen by dwellers on the Nile only in upper Egypt. Ho Put Hi* Foot la IL A woman’s eflub that invested in a clubhouse not long since was much against ita will obliged to employ men laborers. The architect was a woman, but it was found impossible to procure women carpenters, masons and plaster ers. One day shortly before the comple tion of the structure a workman who was employed upon the roof made a misstep and thrust his foot through the beautiful but not yet dried ceiling of the auditorium. Just at this time, too, a number of club members chanced to be in the building, and their emotions at the sight of the pedal extremity pend ent from the ceiling may be better im agined than described. The man was eventually rescued and the hole mended, but the patch still shows upon the ceil ing, and as the first vice president puts it, “Well, I knew that if a man had anything to do with this club he would be sure to put hisfoot in it"—Chicago Tribune. ; O; Taking Tim* by the Forelock. “Ma, can I go ovqr to Sallie’s house and play a little while?” asks 4-year-old PoUy. “Yes, dear. I don’t care if you do." “Thank you, ma," was the' demure . reply. "I’ve been. "--London Eun. GUNBOAT IN 1,500 PIECES. — i ThaS's the Way It Is to Shipped From English naval constructor* are vary I much interested in a gunboat which has I Inst lw>n comnleted for service on Iwikc Nyasm, in central Africa, and U to bo •hipped to that point in pieces like a Chi nese puzxte. The boat, the Gucndolen, is now split up into 1,1500 package* far trans portation. A reporter of the London Echo describes the boat In Ills account of his In terview with J. A. Rennie erf the engineer ing linn which built the Gucndolen: "So there is going to be lighting on Luke Nyasea?" I remarked tentatively. “I never said so," lie replied, with fit ting. diplomacy. • “Then that’s my tnlstr.ko. I merely judged so from the facto? your taking out what on a lake would Ixi considered a first class battleship, forth • Juandolcn is boc’. ily armed, is she not.?• "Yea, if you i.vll s!; Maxima and four Hotchkiss guns i. big < rmoment. She is intended to replace fco throe small gun boats now on the 1 iko, which are practical ly obsolete, and w u vast improvement on them in every wtv*. Ifar length ia 18<J feet, beam 28 and tonnage 880, and with a draft of 4 feet C U intended to steam 12 knots.’’ "I suppose the dppth of the lake did not necessitate a shallow draft vesseif” "By no maiM, as there ia plenty of wa ter even close inshore. That enabled us to have twin acrews, for on shallow water such as tho Niger or the Khoja, by moans of which the Russians in 1894 penetrated far up toward Chltral, a stem wheel ia ab solutely necessary. She ia quite a normal type, except for the fact that she ia fitted With Fraser’s under fired boilers and will burn wood fuel, of which there ia an abundance in and around the lake. Coal is only brought up from tho coast for ths use of two or three forges at a cost of some «10 per ton, such is tho difficulty ot trans port." ' . ’... ' 1 , "And that difficulty will be increased in tho case of a gunboat, I should imagine. ’’ ."Not so much as you think,” said Mr. Bennie. “You see, we can only bolt, not rivet, her together in tho yard here, so as to insure the perfect fitting together of every part. In this condition the Guen dolen was inspected by Sir Edward Reed, who expressed himself as thoroughly satis fied with her. Then sho was taken to pieces, every piece being previously num bered, and on a small model these nuxn txfrs are marked off, the internal fitting*— of course the model is only of the outside of tho hull—having their proper numbers marked on scale drawings. Drawings and motlel accompany the ship, which is split up into 1,500 packages, that containing tho boiler ot 2J4 tons being the heaviest, so that on her arrival there need be no diffi culty whatever in putting her together again." Mr. Rennie added that if one of the packages should bo lost, it would be diffi cult to replace it. The packages are to be transported for miles over a rough country by bullock wagons, and as extra weight is an important consideration no spare parts are carried. Commander Culleh, B. N. 8., the commander in chief on the lake, has charge of tho transportation, and he will superintend the assembling of tho pari ß - ■ . He Was Willing. A distinguished musician was waited upon one day in his study by a rather seedy looking stranger, who said to him with what seemed to bo genuine emotion: "May a humble brother musician claim your sympathy for one moment? I don’t ask you to give me anything, but will you lend me a dollar or two? You can com mand $lO a lesson or as much more as you choose to ask, while I think myself fortu nate if I can get a pupil now and then at a half dollar a sitting." "My friend," said the other, touched by this appeal, ‘‘perhaps I can help you better than by lending you money. What is your branch of music?” “I give lessons on the violin.” "Well, we will see what you can do. Here is a violin. I will sit down to the piano, and we will play a duet.” , He whipped a fine violin out of ita case, handed it to the stranger, seated himself at the piano and placed a sheet of music before him. The caller rasped tho bow across the strings, leaned forward, looked at the com position and shook his head. “Sharps?” he said. "Sharps? I never play in sharps 1” Tho distingufiihed musician took tho violin from him, replaced it in its case and coldly remarked: “My friend, what you need is a job as night watchman in a soap factory." “Will you get it for me?” eagerly asked the caller. —Exchange. * Th* Horrible Niger Company. That afternoon we took part in a func tion which is only too common in every African trading station— a funeral. , A young clerk had breathed his last a few hours earlier, after four days’ suffering at a temperature ot 107 degrees, and now they were laying him to rest. A deputa tion from tho steamer attended, and the scene was a striking one, impressive be cause of tho curious mingling of the pa thetic and grotesque. Four naked Kroo boys were busy baling the water out of a three foot trench, while a white trader stood above them mumbling something from the book held in a shaking hand, and an alcohol soaked trader stumbling over the solemn words of the last office is not a seemly sight. A rough deal box, such as “long Dane” guns arc shipped in, lay sinking in the ooze, and a few dripping men stood bare headed in tbe rain. Then at a signal the naked aliens tumbled the case into the trench, and it refused to sink. Clods were flung upon it, but the buoyant deal rose stubbornly to the surface, until two Kroo boys stood upon it tp hold it down, and the mold was shoveled about their knees. Afterward acuttonwood log was laid upon the whole, in case it might b/eak through yet, and as we hurried away a mate ex pressed the feelings of the rest by saying, "When my time comes, I’ll hold on hard until you.can launch me from under the ensign into clean blue water.”—Black wood’s Magazine. . /■ BMh*p Thorold** Crtop Notes. The late Bishop Thorold's crisp notes were proverbial. At the tims that the bishop put forward his new church’s scheme another scheme was broached by one of the leading clprgy in the diocese. The bishop wrote: Your scheme is excellent, hat don't publish it now, or your* will cannon mine, and w* shall neither of ua get into the pocket. On another occasion a hardworking south London parson Wrote asking tor long leave to go to the Holy Land. His answer was Mr Dkak , . Ey nil uenns. Go to lierlcbu. Yours. A. V. B. —London Figaro. I j I ’ ” MUflw I UIIIH I andc” ” sjioftatißg tliFcodandllttfula- T ’ JF; HS i *** wfWPMM Signature Zw Jut. J ||S nf y* • 9 n Not Narcotic. In ;. _ ■*' Xur Xbvw » IIM „' jj > i 1 an m * L \ IB v/P*. A H1! ' if As! - rn-sr.i-n-T M Apciicci ikKiiicuy Ivr vonsitpa" ifMi ■ w don.SourStonuxh,Diarrhoea. Ml IAT ■ Worms .Convulsions,feverish- In 1 ts Fam *, qcss and LOSS OF SLEEP. ■ ?<• UV UI TacSimile of |B Vi > «« IB Inirt v•i ft c H . I 1111 IJ .fi mu CXACTCOPYOF WRAPPER. H J i k ' '■ •.* ‘ ■ - ttd TTvrnrvrivrrv I#n i ti,liv I I iv<.T f M M VMNSI W MM W ? o ■ ' , JS'i >.? 4 < ' ■'»j £acs u®L ■ The Morning Call Office 1 1 < •-m. j ■■•.■■ ■■■■■■ • < .'fir* t.jffit-kjW'fc' ? ‘KA'igfeh . . We have just supplied our Job Office with a complete line ©t BtaUu. jt< ■ • ■ •< •s>•■> ■” t ?• msss j., • kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way 01 ;. t . ; LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS ! 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