Newspaper Page Text
■ ■ „
Be it
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 WatorDepart
ment 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
nloved by them, or not a member ot their
familv to use water from their fixtures.
Sec 7 3rd. It shall be unlawful for any
nerson to use water from any spigot or
bigots other than those paid for by blur.
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., 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
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 ofthe 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 ofthe City of Griffin for
a' term not exceeding sixty days, or be im
prisoned in the city prison for a term not
exceeding sixty days, either or all, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 9th. The employees of the Water
Department shall have the same authority
and power of regular policemen of the
City of Griffin, for the purpose of enforc
ing the above ordinance.
Sec. 10th. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict of the above are
hereby repealed.
An Ordinance.
An ordinance to prevent the spreading
of diseases through the keeping and ex
posing for sale ot 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 ofthe 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 ofthe 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 ot 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
napce 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. 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.
An Ordinance.
Be it ordained by tbe 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 $ 0.00
Bach 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.
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 gals, 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 cutoff water must be given
to the Superintendent of the Water De
partment, otherwise water will be charged
for full time.
5. Water will not be turned on to any
premises unless provided with an approved
stop and waste cock properly located in
an accessible position.
6. The Water Department shall have
the right to shut off water for necessary
repairs and work upon the system, and
they are not liable for any damages or re
bate by reason of the same.
7. Upon application to the Water De
partment, the city will tap mains and lay
pipes to the sidewalk for $2 50; the rest
of the piping must be done by a plumber
at the consumers’ expense.
SCHLEY” IS “SLY.”
BU Family, Old Marylanden, Bm Long
Vh<l That Pronunciation.
There has been a good deal of specu
lation, not only in naval circles, but
among the public at large, as to the
origin of Conimodore Winfield Scott
Schley’s name. By some it has been as
serted that he is of German descent, and
by others that ho is a relative of the
doughty old hero of the Mexican war.
A little while before Schley became a
commodore he gave a Tribune reporter a
talk which will throw light on the mat
ter.
“At the time I was a puling, mewl
ing baby, without a name or much more
hair on my head than I have now,”
said the gallant officer, playfully brush
ing back the locks which so skillfully
conceal his bald pate, “my parents were,
I suppose, at their wits’ end to cudgel
up some name appropriate for the mar
vel of human excellence they undoubt
edly thought me to be. The matter did
not bother me so much as it does now,
for I wisely refrained from giving an
opinion on the subject, or at least any
that the newspapers would care to pub
lish. At that time, which marks an era
in one life, anyway, General Scott was
in the zenith of his glory and rotundity.
A very great man was Scott at that
time—physically and popularly. He
was a great friend of my parents and
frequently called at our house. As I
said, my parents were cudgeling their
brains to find some name good enough
to tack on such a morsel of humanity as
myself, and while in the midst of
their councils one day, the huge shadow
of Scott darkened the doorway and cast
its robust shade on me. That settled it.
The circumstance was regarded as an
auspicious omen, and forthwith it was
decided that I was to pass through life
as Winfield Scott Schley.
“Now, for pity’s sake, don’t give my
last’name with a German accent. It’s
pronounced Sly—plain, commonplace,
everyday Sly. That’s the way it has
been pronounced in my family as long
as I can remember or ever heard of. I’m
Hot much on pedigree searching—too
many of my acquaintances stum
bled across horse thieves and pirates to
make me desirous for that kind of rec
reation—but Schley is an old Maryland
family, though why they have stuck on
all those sloppy Dutch consonants I
can’t tell, but it’s Sly I was born, and
it’s Sly I’ll be till my hair ceases to
come out; then you can call me Dinnis
if yoii like. So long as I have the proud
distinction of drawing a comb over my
head with a purpose I shall most dis
tinctly and positively object to be called
Ptschzley or any other foreign twisting
of the name. ’ ’
“How do you like the name of the
famous fighter?”
“Like it?” said the gallant sea dog.
“Why, I can’t say that I ever gave it
much consideration. I can only say that
soon after I became a full fledged naval
officer the old general gave a dinner at
the Brevoort House, in Fifth avenue,
New York, at which he invited all the
young men he could find who had been
named after him. It was a great sight.
There they were, several score strong,
and there is no telling how many more
might not have been there had they
known of it. Anyway they have turned
out fairly well, at least one of them
having become a general in the United
States army. Well, the old general
wound up the dinner in one of his most
pompous speeches, such as no one can
appreciate unless he has seen and heard
him. He said that he felt highly grati
fied at having his name left to posterity
in such promising young hands, and
of course we youngsters believed all he
said. At any rate I can’t change the
name, and I don’t believe that I’d want
to if I could. ” —New York Tribune.
A Story About Commodore Carey.
No one has a higher opinion of the
American sailor than Commodore Casey,
the commandant at the League Island
navy yprd, as the following story will
show. Recently there was produced at
one of the local theaters a naval play,
the theme being trouble between Amer
ica and England, in which one of the
performers took the part of a bluff
American sailor. In order to make him
self perfect in his part the actor visited
the navy yard and asked the commo
dore for the privilege of looking around.
The commodore not only granted the
revest, but in a personal talk gave the
actor some pointers. Later the actor
submitted the manuscript of his part to
the commodore, who suggested that
some of the lines which were directed
against England be stricken out. One
line was evidently missed by the com
modore. It was as follows, “Wehaven’t
got much manners, but we can fight
likeh—l.”
After the play had been produced the
actor had photographs taken in costume,
and to show his appreciation of what
tho commodore had done for hint he
sent one of the pictures to that official.
Ou the back of the photograph tho actor
wrote the line quoted above and ap
pended his autograph. By the next
mail the performer received a Leiter
from the commodore, in which he Was
given to understand that that official of
the navy knew the American sailor to
be a gentleman at all times. “Bnt I ap
prove the last part of the sentence,”
concluded the commodore.—Philadel
phia Record. .
What Ibrea Would Do.
The Danish poet, Peter Nansen, say'
in a recent number of a German maga
zine that Ibsen is becoming much more
agreeable than he used to be A young
woman said to him not long ago, “What
would you do if you had <1,000,000?”'
“If I had <1,000,000,” he replied, “I
should buy an elegant steam yacht,
with electric lights and all modern com
forts, with a crew of 120 and a grend
orchestra. Then I should invite 20 good
friends to travel with me. We would
visit many fine regions, but our princi
pal goal would be the island of Ceylon,
which must be, from all I have heard,
the most beautiful spot on earth. ”
'OUR DEBT TO BUMBLEBEES.
Part Three Busy Workers Play la the
ForUlination ot Plowm.
Barney Hoskin Standish writes an
article on “The Bumblebee" for 8k
Nicholas. Mr. Standish says: The work
of the bumblebee in bringing about the
cross fertilization of flowers is ar im
portant as that of the honeybee, and
these two stand at the head of the list
ot insects useful in this respect Each
has its flowers which it alone
but there are many flowers on neutral
ground visited by both. So we may
say of the bumblebee, as of the honey
bee, the more bumblebees the more
seeds; the more seeds the more flowers
—especially wild flowers, as the tall
bellflower, touch me not Solomon’s seal,
gentian, Dutchmen’s breeches and tur
tle head. But probably the most impor
tant work this insect does for agricul
ture is upon the fields of red clover.
There is abundant proof that this plant
will not produce seed without the co
operation of the bumblebee. It is im
possible for the wind to bring about the
fertilization of the seed, as it may do
in the case of Indian corn, grain and
some forest trees. The tube of red clo
ver blossoms, too, is so long that other
insects (including the honeybee) are
not regular visitants.
Here is proof that this plant ffifast
have visits from the bumblebee. This
insect is not a native of Australia, and
red clover failed to produce seed there
until bumblebees were imported. As
soon as they became numerous the plant
could be depended upon for seed.
Again, the blossoms of the first crop of
the Median) clover of our own
country are just as perfect as those of
the second crop, but there are too few
bumblebees in the field, so early in the
season, to produce fertilization, hence
little or no seed in this crop. If bumble
bees were sufficiently numerous, there
is no reason why much larger yields of
clover seed might not be expected than
at present.
Here is what a well informed farmer
says about it:
“It was formerly thought that the
world rested on the shoulders of Atlas.
I can prove that its prosperity rests on
the bumblebee. The world cannot pros
per without the farmers’ product. The
farm will not bp productive without
clover. We cannot raise clover without
seed, and we cannot have clover seed
without the bumblebee, because it is
this insect that carries the pollen from
flower to flower, securing its develop
ment and continuance. Let us learn to
know and to protect our friends. ”
TWO WAYS OF LOOKING.
If AU Saw Things Alike, This Would Be
an Uninteresting World.
“It is a pity that more of us cannot
cultivate the twofold way of looking at
things, ” writes Edward W. Bok in The
Ladies’ Home Journal. “There would
be less friction in life if we did, and
sweeter sympathy, kinder understand
ing and broader and fuller living. The
fact is that we never reach the dignity
of true living unless we do learn this
all important lesson. And that it may
be cultivated admits of no doubt. It is
simply a question of schooling ourselves
not to condemn generally what indi
vidually does not happen to be to our
taste. If, for example, we prefer brown
as a color, there is no reason on earth
why we should condemn the taste of
any one who preferred to wear green.
What the vast majority of us need is to
be a little more self poised, more judi
cial, more willing to see good in the
tastes of others, although they do not
please our own particular fancies. It we
all thought alike, read the same books,
saw the same plays, wore the same col
ors, this would be an exceedingly unin
teresting world.
“We cannot' see all things in the
same way, but we can come near to
justice and true respect by taking a two
fold view of things while still retaining
our strong individual views. Seeing a
possible good or use for everything does
not necessairly mean a weak individu
ality. The most uncomfortable people
in the world are those who assert their
judgments in a hard, decisive and final
maimer, as if they were courts of last
resort. On the other hand, the bright
est and best minds are those that have
most respect for the opinions of others. ”
Bomenyl and Pumpernickel.
“My first meeting with Remenyi,”
says H. J. Cleveland, “was over a liv
ery stable in Council Bluffs. A concert
hall was there and he was to play. A
jackass in a stall beneath persistently
brayed. Remenyi would not play. I was
on my way to Japan, or thought I was,
and introduced myself to him after his
audience had been dismissed. He beg
ged of me to find some pumpernickel
for him. I searched Pearl street resorts
until I found some and took it to his
room. He ate with satisfaction and then
played for me, played until, boy as I
was, I cried. That was at 2 o’clock in
the morning, and in a large hotel filled
with people. We had the halls filled
with people in their nightrobes before
that private concert ended. His love for
pumpernickel was no more strange than
that of Janauschek for stale beer, and I
have got many a pint of that for her
after a most thrilling depiction of Mary,
queen of Scots.”—Chicago Times-Her
ald.
Sensible.
“Who is that I see yon feeding near
ly every night in the kitchen, Mollie?”
“That’s my intended, the policeman,
ma’am.”
“Well, if he’s your intended, why
don’t you marry him?”
“I’m waitin till his appetite goes
down a bit, ma’am."—Yonkers States
man.
A Pleasant Anniversary.
Mr. Frankstown—Spiffin’s birthday
comes next week. Let’s give a smoker
in his honor.
Mr. Larimer—That’s the very thing.
Spiffins doesn’t use cigars and can’t
bear the smell of tobacco.—Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
ma’am.”
THE ROMAN WALL PICTURE
Now Thought Not to Bo a RegreseataUoa
" of tbo Crucifixion.
The now famous graflltte, or wall
scratching, recently discovered in Rome
was at first thought by urchteologiste to
bo possibly a rude contemporary repre
sentation of the crucifixion. According
to an article by Dr. Albert Battandter in
Cosmos, experts have now quite abandon
ed this view of the meaning of the picture,
though they are not yet agreed about
what it diH's represent. After quoting the
earlier theory of the Italian antiquarian
Marueohi, the article to which reference
has boon made. Dr. Battandier goes on to
say:
“We must cons-—s that the impressions
received at first sight bare begun quickly
to disappear. Other nrchieologista see
quite and M. Marucchl him
self has become -sitive, as the ch
actors, having been washed repeatedly,
come out more clearly. It Is now impos
sible to defend tho i dlest explanations,
and we are obliged to i.iourn the loss of a
discovery that wt.uld have been valuable
for many reasons, bnt useless for our
Christian faith. The gospels ought to
suffice us.
“Let us spook first of the scene repre
sented at tl.o bottom of this series of graf
fltte. There are, in fact, a large number
of inscriptions, one above the other, and
we should be foolish to suppose that all
must necessarily bo on the same subject.
We should observe first that the design is
very rough. The part of it that is dearest
represents perpendicular posts united by a
transverse bar and forming a sort of por
tico, with ladders for mounting. Several
of the persons represented have names
written over their heads, for the most
port illegible ones. Thus we have Nostu
lus, Eulogius, Secundus, or, better, Jocun
dus, and finally I’ilatus, of which there
remain only the syllables’ll’ and’tus.’
Higher up we find numerical signa
“Now, the explanations of this scene are
as numerous as they are hypothetical.
“First of all, on account of a name that
was thought to bo ‘Crestus,’ at tbo begin
ning of the graffitte, it was regarded ps a
view of the crucifixion. This is what has
given to the drawing its great notoriety
and has already caused floods of ink to be
shed on the question. Others have seen in
it a naval maneuver. The posts arc masts,
only unfortunately there is neither ship
nor sea. For others it Is a mason’s scaf
folding, traced here as a kind of rough
preliminary plan of tho proposed manner
of doing some piece of work, but thia does
not account for the drawings of people
and still less for tho names written over
their heads. Some archseologiste find here
the preparations for an exhibition of rope
walkers or acrobats, and in this case the
figures would represent the principal ao
tors with their names written over their
heads. It is probable also that It may be a
representation of some imaginary scene
traced by soldiers with plenty of leisure
and not strong on perspective, who occu
pied an idle hour in drawing a picture that
had nothing real to correspond to It. Fi
nally, to close this series of interpretations
with a note of humor, some have thought
this to represent the preparations tor an \
exhibition of flrewoAs, as if powder had
been invented at this epoch I
“Above the scene there are numerous
inscriptions, and it has been noted already
that these do not relate necessarily to the
design placed below them. An attentive
examination shows that most ot the in
scriptions -re not fit for cars polite. Os
the words supposed to be‘Christ’ there
remain on?/ the letters CBE S. A hole
in the wall has caused the intermediate
letters to disappear.
“We see how tho discovery of these fa
mous graffitti that have createdjruch ex
citement both at Bome and abroad appears
at the present titae. It would doubtless
have been very interesting if the first ver
sion had been correst, but historical truth
obliges us to confess that it was not. "
Literary Digest.
Spanish Pool.
“Until we began to got into hot water
with Spain,” said a naval officer, “the fa
vorite game of men forward on American
warships was Spanish pool, which is a
game of checkers of a peculiarly Intricate
sort—so intricate that, after 12 yean in
the service and much careful watching of
the game while officer of the deck, 1
couldn’t play a game of it now to save my
souL The enlisted men all played it,
however, and greatly preferred it to the
ordinary game of checkers, for it seems
that Spanish pool Is a game wherein you
get quicker action for your brains in ma
neuvering than you do in checkers. But
I will venture to say that there has not
been a single game of Spanish pool played
in the United States navy since the Maine
disaster. I was attached to a ship on the
Pacific home station when tno news was
received aboard that the Maine had gone
up in the air. After knock off work had
been piped that day the Spanish pool fiends
‘broke out’ their oilcloth Spanish pool
boards and rubber checkers as usual, and
I watched them curiously to see if they
would play Spanish pool. They didn’t.
Without saying a word as to their reason
for the switch, they all plunged into the
game of ordinary checkers. This struck
me as being pretty significant at the time,
as evidencing the opinion of the men for
ward in our navy as to the cause of the
Maine disaster.”—Washington Star.
Luxury In the Wilderness.
A press dispatch from London states
that the Russian government has provided
for the Siberian line a train de luxe, com
posed of four splendid cars, built at Mos
cow. There are an open saloon car, a din
ing car, a bathroom, a library, telephone,
electric lighting, refrigerators and venti
lating apparatus, piano, chessboards and
means for gymnastic exercise. This will
make the Pennsylvania and tho New York
Central and the other American origina
tors of luxurious trains hide their heads in
confusion.
American passengers have perhaps all
tho luxury that they have been taught to
appreciate, but we must admit that Rus
sia has beaten us. The first half dozen
features of the Siberian train are familiar
matters here, even telephones being at our
command if we want them. Moreover,
pianos have been used in American cars,
and something even better than achees
board may be found in most smoking care,
even those used by tho plebeian classes,
but when it comes to gymnastics we give
up. We have no better expedient than to
stop 30 minutes and let the passengers
walk up and down the station platform.
Whether the Russian apparatus consists of
a pair of 60 cent dumbbells or of only a 88
inch cane is not stated. —Railroad Gazette.
i..: 1 . ■■■ >
Patriotic.
There was a remarkable instance of pe
triotlc action in City Hall park yesterday
afternoon. The tramps who frequent the
park held a meeting and unanimously re
solved that while the war continued they
would use no eastile soap —New York
Tribuna
«—— * * ~d
Luxury In the
~, ~T« 1 1 || «g ■ ■ 111 I M
llfl ■m 11 Wi:;l IIBC ■ ,
iUfIU I Ulllfl
'H W
i ® Bought Ve
.' . 'l.hl'rcparaiottlbrl*- ■ ’ UU D*"
H:: -ihcstSaauaawi'bweisuf I I Betti'S tll6 > t
„. o . .. /fifw i
9 njChtctftil J
tress and ResLCofitains neither IB rrP Jr
! Opium,Merphinc nor Mineral. I■ U1
I Nor N.AH COTIC. |M*<: -i ft Ulr*
I’ . ... ■■ I ■ II ~l» "■
I M . .1/VM
* |
■ I Il\ fiJl» « ’"'W
J T II g
Aperfed Remedy for Ccnslipa- |
tion, Sour Stor.ach,Diarrhoea, M I _
Woniis.ConvuLsioas.Fcvcrish- 11.
uess and Loss OF SLEEP. 11l Vr | IliL
Toe Signature of M Tlfi ’ " jyr
NEW YORK. M I 1111 IJIB Ulb
— 1 11 S =
f
’ < . -c* .<r<- '''
. • ’ ’ --li
'
—GET YOUH —
..
JOB PRINTING
DONEAT
■ ■ i ,i
The Morning Call Office.
SSHBBSHBBMSSHSBSSSSSSSSE*
We have just supplied our Job Office with a complete Uno of BteUoncr»
■ • : .in'- •>•>. sD.-q-’-Mk.v.,-. ■■ ' ?.
kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted In the way cm J
*>
LETTER HEADS, BH.L
STATEMENTS, IROULARB,
ENVELOPES, NOTES,
MORTGAGES, PROGRAM f
JARDB, POSTER®
DODGERS, E.C., ETC
We wny ue beat ine of FNVEI/OFES tm ilrtd : thistrada.;
An ailracdvc POSTER of aay size can be issued on short notice. T’
Our prices for work of all kinds will compare favorably with those obtained ron
any office In the state. When you want fob printing ot“an> Kripke trtt
cal] Satisfaction guarantees.
■A-LL WORK DONE ||
With Neatness and Dispatch.
Out of will receive
prompt attention.
■ _ ■ - .
J. P. & S B. Sawtell.
-