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■ ■ „ 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 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict of the above are hereby repealed.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. 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