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tamper with any water meter, spigot, fire
plug, curb box, or any other fixture or
K belonging to the Water Depart
e 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 not em-
Sec 3rd. It shall be unlawful for any
norson to use water from any spigot or
Ete other than those paid for by him.
Sec. 4th. It shall be unlawful tor any
person to couple pipes to spigots unless
paid for as an extra outlet.
Sec. sth. It shall be 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., tor
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 ullowei 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
of.reading 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 pot
exceeding sixty days, either or all, in the
discretion of the court.
Bee. 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hereby repealed.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 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
orpersons, 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 saia 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 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 of Griffin
for the registry of said certificate the sum
of fifty cents.
Sec. Brd. 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
. sense. 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 ot the City of Griffin, That from and
after the passage oi this ordinance, the iol
owing rates will be charged for the use of
water per year:
1. Dwellings:
One (-inch opening for subscribers’
use only $ 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet or bath 3.00
Livery stables, bars, soda founts and
photograph galleries 24.00
Each additional opening 6.00
2. Meters will be furnished at the city’s
expense, at the rate of 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.
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.
8. Meter rates will be as follows:
7,000 to 25,000 gal*, month.. 15c 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
a for fall time.
5. Water will not be turned on to any
premises unless provided with an approved
atop 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 th? cowremers’ expense.
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’ THE CHANCES FOR SUCH A FATE ARE
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, In Time* ot Plague and PecUlenoe the
Greetent Dancer ot Premature Burial
Kxtate-Tbe Death Tert That le Applied
In Vienna.
Most of us have a lingering love of
life, and the thought that there is just
the barest possibility of being buried
alive Bends a shudder through us.
Medical men know that the human
body in time of illness and at other
times, too,’ is liable to assume all the
outward appearances of death without
the final separation having actually
taken place. There are the coma, cata
leptic and other forms of the uncon
scious state, each one bringing in its
trend the very simulation of death itself.
“Happily, a medical man nowadays, ”
said a physician to a reporter, “expe
riences no difficulty in declaring his pa
tient to be dead, as a general rule, but
it may perhaps happen once in his life
time that he may have a doubt, in
which case conviction either way fol
lows upon his findings, which are sim
ple and conclusive, and in which he
cannot be mistaken.
“It is unfortunately true that there
are thousands of nervous people now
walking about in fear of being buried
alive, this morbid conviction coming
about through reading of an isolated
case happening here and there, where
perhaps some one has had a narrow es
cape of being subjected to a living burial
“These ’escapes’ greatly outnumber
those of the actual occurrence itself.
The cataleptic usually show signs of
life just in the nick of time to disap
point the undertakers and to relieve sor
rowing friends.
“Os course, much of the evidence on
which the allegation of premature
bnrial is based depends on the fact that
bodies on exhumation have been occa
sionally found distorted, thereby foster
ing the notion that this or that occu
pant of the coffin has died from suffo
cation, a theory which is supported by
the favorable condition of other ex
humed bodies.
“But the idea is altogether wrong, in
fact and in principle. It is well known
among those who have made it a study
that tho apparent distortions, instead
of demonstrating a living burial, pure
ly depend upon natural causes brought
about by decomposition, the influence
of which is sufficiently strong enough
to bulge out, and even burst, leaden
coffins. This phenomenon does not hap
pen in every case, but it does in a great
many.
“No, no! I shall not go so far as to
say that a premature burial has never
taken place, but it has not occurred so
often as is thought. I dare say it may
occur in times of plagues and pesti
lences, where the presumed dead are
buried within a few hours of death.
That is where much mischief lies. But
when panic prevails where does thought
come in?
“In plagues, such as cholera, the
state of collapse is so profound that it
may perfectly simulate death itself, but
the custom of burying the dead on the
day of death is fortunately on the wane,
even during advanced epidemics. It is
probable that in the absence of medical
aid in panic times in country places
abroad it has led to living burial—in
deed it must have done. But the last
end of all under such conditions is mer
ciful, for it must not be forgotten that
if you are 'unconscious’ only while be
ing hermetically sealed in your coffin
you will never again experience volun
tary motion or sensation.
“However, where the doctor can be
consulted, living burial is impossible
even in a cholera panic, for there are
certain bodily movements which gener
ally occur after death from cholera, in
the absence of which a medical man
would hesitate to certify for burial.
“In ages gone by and in uncivilized
countries still it is possible that uncon
scious cataleptics, or persons drugged to
apparent death, may have been and
perhaps still are occasionally buried
alive, but I do not believe that in our
own country or in any civilized land
such events are possible.
“In Vienna the custom prevails of
taking a body to the mortuary on the
eve of burial, where it is 'tested.*
Thimbles are placed on the fingers ot
the dead, to which are attached wires
connected with the mortuary bells.
“Have the bells ever rung? Yes, once.
“It is impossible for a doctor to mis
take unconsciousness in its varied forms
for death. . z
“Some time ago it was suggested that
a law should be passed making it com
pulsory for a medical man to test bodies
before giving a certificate of death.
Testing by electricity was thought of,
but it is an open question yet whether
electricity kills or only stuffs. At all
events, we in this country are not con
vinced that such a test would be satis
factory or afford sufficient evidence of
death, although it has its value.’ On the
other hand, I don’t think legislation of
this kind is necessary. It would cer
tainly reflect upon the medical profes
sion.
“The Viennese custom is a wise one,
and I should like to see it more gener
ally adopted.’’—Pearson’s Weekly.
, The Poor Kdltor.
Bill—Did you read about that fellow
writing a poem on a SSO bill?
Jill—No. The editor kept it, of
A>UTM.
“Na He returned it”
“What, an editor return a SSO bill?”
“Yes. He didn’t know what it was. ”
—Yonkers Statesman.
One of the tallest stacks in Great
Britain is situated at Llanelly. From
the base of the foundation to the ex
treme summit is 400 feet high. The
cap of the top weighs 27 tons, and 720,-
000 bricks were used in its construc
tion. It is circular in form, and in a
gale bends extremely.
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THE FARMER WON*
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Game of lib Use. /
VPfIFS ♦» temirl a unawtlMP
man, “when Scnaefer kept a billiard
room in this city, he was always ready
to play all comers who desired a game.
Many strangers and people unknown to
Schaefer naturally strolled iff; many,
too, who probably did not know him.
But it made no difference to Schaefer.
Sometimes strangers would desire to
play for money, but this Schaefer would
never do. To all such propositions he
would say: ’No, I won’t play for mon
ey, but I’ll tell you what I will do—l
will play a game, the loser to treat the
housa*
ji “One day an old farmer entered the
place, and after wandering about look
ing at the pictures on the walls and ex
amining tiie tables he asked if there
was any one present who would like to
play him a game of Millards. Schaefer,
as usual, said that he would play the
stranger.
“ ‘How much shall we play for?’ ask
ed the fanner.
z “‘I never play for money,’ replied
Schaefer, ‘but I will play you for the
drinks for the house. ’
‘“All right, ’ said the farmer. 'How
many points shall we play?’
“ ‘Oh,’ replied Schaefer demurely in
all the consciousness of his superior
powers, ‘we’ll just play until you are
satisfied, and we will call that a game. ’
“The crowd smiled as the players
prepared for the contest. The balls were
placed on the table, :md Schaefer
brought out his favorite cue, and it fell
to his lot to open the game.
“The opening shot in a billiard game
is a somewhat difficult one, as most
players know, and Schaefer, probably
through indifference, missed it He not
.only missed it, but left the balls close
together near one of the cushions. It
was what is termed in billiard parlance
a ‘set up.’
“The old farmer carefully chalked
his cue, and after deliberation made the
shot. He then gazed at the balls a mo
ment, laid down his cue and exclaimed:
“ ‘I am satisfied. ’
“The score was then 1 to 0 in favor
of the old farmer, but as Schaefer had
agreed tr make the game as long or
short as the farmer desired he had to be
satisfied. Schaefar of course had to in
vite all present, including his conqueror,
to partake of the hospitality of the
house. As the crowd laughed and drank
Schaefer remarked that the game was
the shortest he had ever played, and
probably the shortest on record. ’ ’ —New
York Tribune.
LOVED LIFE TOO WELL.
Ancient Matches Indian Who Rebelled
Against Being Sacrificed.
One of the repulsive features of the
laws under which the Natchez Indians
were governed was that when a mem
ber of the royal family of the nation
died it was necessary that several others
of the people should accompany him to
the tomb by suffering death at the
hands of executioners. When the
sun,” the hereditary chief of
the whole nation, died, all iris wives,
in case he were provided with more
than one, and also several of his sub
jects, were obliged to follow him into
the vale of shadows The “littlesuns,”
secondary shiefs, and also members of
the royal family, likewise claimed,
when dying, their tribute of death from
the living. In addition to this, the in
exorable law also condemned to death
any man of the Natchez race who had
married a girl of the royal line of the
“suna” On the occasion of her death
he was called upqn to accompany her.
“I will narrate to you upon this sub
ject,” writes an old French chronicler
of Louisiana, ‘.'the story of an Indian
who was not in a humor to submit to
this law. His name was Etteacteal. He
had contracted an alliance with the
‘suns.’ The honor came near having a
fatal result for him. His wife fell sick,
and as soon as he perceived that she
was approaching her end he took to
flight, embarking in a pirogue on the
Mississippi, and sought a refuge in New
Orleans. He placed himself under the
protection of the governor, who was at
that time M. de Bienville, offering him
self to be the governor’s hunter. The
governor accepted his services, and in
terested himself in his behalf with the
. Natchez, w*ho declared, in answer, that
he had nothing to fear, inasmuch as the
ceremony was over, and as he had not
been present when it took place he was
no longer available as a candidate for
execution. ’ ’ —New Orleans Picayune.
Flower Painters.
About the last literary work complet
ed by the late Cora Stuart Wheeler was
a beautiful tribute to “Same Court
Painters to Queen Rose” published in
The Woman’s Home Companion, in
which she says:
“As a rule, women make the best
flower painters. The men who excel in
this branch of art are comparatively
few, even when we consider the small
number of artists of both sexes who
have acquired reputation in the pictur
ing of flowers. The reason is not diffi
cult to see. The average woman has a
fondness for flowers which brings her
into the closest sympathy with them
and enables her to appreciate and un
derstand them as men seldom do. In
the interpretation of certain subtle
phases of floral life her sensitive tem
perament and the peculiarly sympathetic
feeling that she is apt to taring to her
labor of love especially qualify her for
engaging in this department of picture
making In point of technical ability
some marvelously clever work has been
deme by artists of the gentler sex iff the
reproduction of flowers and in the
treatment of difficult subjects. ”
A Bad Bulnaia*.
The Guest (an art connoisseur)—Su
perb! Simply Megant!
Hostess—l’m glad you like it Soups
are my hobby.
The Guest—Oh, I meant the tureen.
—Jewelers’ Weekly.
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BAM 9 NAVY.
Divine Service ea Sunday Brtwd a
Ca!Ud Statw Mea-ofwnr sad How It Is
Conducted -The Church Kn.lyo M d IU
Meaning - The Chaplain.
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When there is seen flying from the
gaff of a United States man-of-war a
small, white triangular pennant, bear
ing on its field a blue Greek cross near
the pike or halyard, it is a signal that
divine service is being held on board.
“Rig church!” is one of the regular na
val orders, issued usa.illy at about 10:80
on Sunday morning.
Church is “rigged” in various placed
according to the construction of the ves
sel and according to lhe weather condi
tions. If tho day is fine and not too
cold, the quarter deck will probably be
selected, although in seme ships it is
customary to hold tho service on the
forward part of the gnn deck. In stormy
weather the berth deck below is used,
where the men may Lo under shelter,
though they are more cramped for room.
Assuming that the seryioe is to bo
held on the quarter deck, the arrange
ments for it will proceed about like
this: When the bugler gives the signal,
the “church ensign” is hoisted to the
gaff, and some of the men, under the
direction of an officer, bestir themselves
briskly in making the simple prepara
tions which are necessary.
A table or desk, covered with the
American flag, is placed at the end of
the quarter deck for the chaplain. A few
wardroom chairs are brought up from
below and ranged along the starboard
side, where the officers are to assemble,
and benches or capstan bars resting on
buckets make seats for tho crew on the
port side.
The organ— for every ship that has a
chaplain is provided with an instrument
of this nature—is put in a convenient
place. If there is a band, and its serv
ices arc desired, a few musicians ore se
lected and stationed near by. Then the
ship’s bell is tolled for about five min
utes, giving the officers and men, wher
ever they may be on board, sufficient
time to assemble, if they are so inclined.
Tho boatswain may call down the
hatchways “Silence, fore and aft, dur
ing divine service!” but it is well un
derstood by the entire crew that the
ship must be quiet now for about three
quarters of an hour. Finally the bell
stops, the captain, after a glance
around, makes a sign to the chaplain
that all is ready, and the service begins.
How it is conducted depends upon
the denomination to which the chaplain
belongs, and various sects are represent
ed among the naval clergymen. The
singing, accompanied by the organ,
which is played either by an officer or
by some musician among the crew, is
generally fine. The men enjoy it, and
their voices ring out strong and fresh in
the open air.
During the prayers they are required
to remove their caps, but throughout
the rest of the service they may remain
covered. When it is over, the order to
“Pipe down!” is given, and church is
“unrigged.” Sometimes an evening
service is also held, but this is not the
general custom.
Attendance at church on the warships
is of course not compulsory, but the offi
cers are expected to attend byway of
furnishing an example, and most of
them usually da accompanied by per
haps about half the crew—sometimes
more and sometimes less. "
But by no means all the ships of the
navy are provided with chaplains. For
the 60 or more war vessels now effective
for service there are fewer than 80
chaplains, or less than one for every
two ships. They are attached to the lar
gest and most important vessels, where
their ministrations may reach the great
est number of persons.
A queer incident happened a few
years ago, when one of the modern
cruisers was put into commission. It
had been intended that she should carry
a chaplain, bnt when the officers* quar
ters were completed it was found that
his room had been entirely overlooked.
No accommodation for him thus being
available, the ship put to sea without a
chaplain and did not have cue for at
least two years.
In an action the chaplain’s duties are
with the sick and wounded. Occasion
ally, however, his aid has been required
at the guns, and in many instances the
chaplains have proved themselves hero
ic fighters as well as good preachers. In
the old days of the navy the chaplain
wore the full uniform ot his rank—lieu
tenant, lieutenant commander or com
mander—but it is now customary for
him to wear a suit of black or the regu
lar costume of whatever church he rep
resents, sometimes with the insignia of
his rank upon his sleeve.—New York
Tribune.
Th« Army Officer's Trenk.
The army officer’s trunk, which is an
article of limited but regular sale in
peace times, being sold chiefly to regu
lar army officers, is a stout, well made
trunk of rather generous proportions,
so divided inside as to afford spaces for
both military and civilian attire. There
is a place for. an officer’s chapeau and
one for the silk hat of a civilian and
room far the different clothing, and the
trunk is large enough to admit a sword
laid diagonally. A trunk ot this sort is
made not of sole leather, as might be
supposed, to withstand rough wear, but
with a rigid frame, so that it am be
roped or strapped on to a load or packed
with other things piled on it in the ex
igsndeaef wagon or other transporta
tion without being crashed or damaged.
—New York Sun.
Broadly speaking, the essential differ
ence between merchant ships and war
ships is that the former are designed to
carry their loads or principal portions
thereof low down in the hold, whereas
warships have to carry their heavy bur
dens of armor and armament high up
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