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,nL cil of the City of Q ”®“ from and to damage, injure, abase or ment of the City as Griffin; provided that a licensed Diumber may use curb service boxTtot his work. but shall leave ser ri«a>ckashefound it under penalty of be unlawful for any consumer to permit any person, not em ployed by them, or not a member of their family, to use water from their fixtures. Sec. Brd. It shall be unlawful for any person to use water from any spigot or spigots 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. fith. 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. fith. 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.readlng 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 not exceeding sixty days, either or a11,4n 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 gnforc 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 All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict of the above are hereby repealed.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 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 CHy 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 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 oral 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 of twenty-five cents, and to the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Grjffln 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. 401. 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 obthe City of Griffin, That from and after the passage 01 this ordinance, the fol owing rates will be charged for the use of water per year: 1. Dwellings: One t-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 beheld proof of use of wafer, but should meter fail to register, the bill will be averaged from twelve preceding months. & 3. Meter rates will be as follows: 7,000 to 25,000 gals, month.. 15c 1,000 25,000 “ 50,000 “ “ 14c * 50,000 “ 100,000 “ “ 12c “ 100,ADO “ 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 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 accessary 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. A TALKING NEWSPAPER. . The Unique JoornalliUc Enterprlw Car- Tied on In Badtpnt A Budapest letter to the London Pall Mall Gazette says: A small diamond ■ shaped board screwed on to the wall of my i room and provided with a couple of hooka, ■ from which bang two tiny, round tele- ■ phone earpieces connected by two wires— that Is all—but my proprietor haa been • singing its praises for the laat 80 minutes, ■ and as he confidentially assured me that It will not play any part in my hotel bill at the end of ray stay, there la no earthly reason why I should enter any protest Against hia profuse encomiuma “This,” said he, “is the telephonic messenger, or talking newspaper—the only thing of its kind in the world. It baa now been established in Budapest about three years. It differs from the or dinary telephone in the fact that the latter is directly connected with the central of fice, whereas we arc able to connect from 800 or 300 subscribers in one circuit. The city is divided Into 80 circuits. AH day long news is spoken into a specially con structed apparatus at the central office, varied with entertainments, the opera and linguistic lessons. It is not a telephone in the strict sense of the word and there fore does not infringe the telephone rights of the government. It combines the func tions of your tape machines and jelectro phonea, while it is ten times cheaper. That buzz you hear just now was to pre vent subscriberstalking to each other on their own account.” “It seems strange that such an excel lent idea as this appears to bo should not be Introduced In other towns than Buda pest,” I ventured. “The answer is very simple. Os course the newspaper feature would be impossible in London, where time is everything, and a man could net sit, the whole day with the apparatus to his ear, waiting for some particular news or exchange prices. Then, again, other towns are not so advantage ously situated In this respect as Budapest, whete the law empowers the company to Introduce the apparatus into any house in the city in spite of the objections of the landlord. We have here 6,000 subscribers, and each pays only 18 florins a year. With us it is as in England with a certain soap —our families don’t feel happy until they get it. It is so cheap that many of the rooms in iny hotel are fitted up with it. If the visitor finds it Inconvenient to go to the opera, all he has to do is to put this apparatus to his ear and he can bo enter tained the whole evening. The general public, too, can have news in advance of the newspapers. * Why, a few weeks ago, when the German kaiser gave that cele brated toast of bls to the Hungarian na tion, thousands of families were listening to its recital half an hour later. Without this apparatus they would have had to wait until next day.” “Hava you a regular dally programme!” “Yes. It Is announced in the morning and changes every half hour or so. The greater part of the morning la taken up with prices on ’change, a summary of the news in the dailies. At noon we begin to get a report of the doings in parliament. Telegrams of Importance are communi cated at once, the telephonic messenger being In direct connection with a leading Budapest newspaper. At about 8 o’clock the morning news Is in part repeated, then come exchange prices, telegrams, law re ports, a short, entertaining story, theat rical items and sometimes a concert, and for an hour in the evening we get a lesson in English, Italian and French. You have no idea what a benefit this is to the young generation and how popular these lessons are among them. A complete set of graduated exercises has been published in these languages. Each telephone sub scriber who cores to listen holds a copy of the book in question before him, and the teacher speaks into ths double microphone transmitter at the central office.” A Steady Timekeeper. Ole Hanson, the Swede who Ilves out north of Denver, has found out by acci dent how it Is that a tin clock or watch painted and employed as a watchmaker’a sign always gives the time of day 8:18 o’clock, or the hour and minute of Lin coln’s assassination. For the last year be has been regulating his Elgin by one of these silent sentinels on Sixteenth street, and when pe arrived the other morning he looked at the sign and then at his watch. There was a discrepancy somewhere, so be called John Vaughan, the assistant city clerk, who happened to be passing on the way to bis office. “Say, master yentieman,” he .accosted the clerk, “Aye want to ask yo’ ’bout somet’ing. ’’ “All right,” was the reply. “What is it!” “Vai, Aye tank Aye skal bane cracker jack bay Yerusalem. Aye leaf mae home tan miles out en t’e country bay twanty minutes ester 8, an Aye get en town al teen minutes ester 8. Ho yo* maken out des out!” “Ob, it’s pretty near 10 o'clock now.” “Bot das vatch oop of er yewelry store says es bane aiteen minutes ester 8.” “Yes, but that’s a tin sign—there are no works In it.” “Es das trute!” “Os course. Can’t you see!” “Vai, Aye skal set mae vatch bae dig efery tem Aye oom to town for poorty nar hull y’ar.” “I don’t know anything about that, but it is a sign, and you will see all the watch signs point to 8:18, for that’s the hour and minute President Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s theater In Washington.” Tbe Swede was satisfied and wondered bow many times he bad eaten breakfast just about sunset just because his watch didn’t happen to be right.—Denver Times. The Making at Plate Glass. To cast a large sheet qf plate glass is in modern bands a very simple affair. A ta ble is prepared, with sides made of strips of iron, forming a shallow, level tank. Into this the molten glass, which is mads from tbe whitest sand, glass fragments, lime, manganese soda, cobalt and other chemicals, is poured. Immediately the operator begins smoothing and leveling the mass with Iron roller, which brings It down exactly to the level of the Iron rim. It is then put through anneal ing and tempering processes, which occupy several days. After this it is ground to a perfectly uniform thickness, then polished until it acquires the utmost brilliancy. Tbe cost of glass Is greatly increased in proportion to its size. This is due to tbe fact that a large sheet may turn out Im perfect flaws and ripples, which utterly destroy Its value as a strictly first class commodity. Small pieces are cut from the perfect places in the large plate, and in this ■wtfy the most serious loss Is avoided. —New York Ledger. i located. “Are you in pain, my little man!” asked the kind old gentleman. “No,” answered tbe boy. “Tbe pain’s tn me. ’ ’—Pearson's Weekly. ~ .... LOSS OF VISUAL ACUTENESS. Bwou That Taad to Make ChUdrea Maad It is interesting to compare the visual acuteness of the normal eye before and after tbe effect of some purely physical cause that may be within the realm of either nature or civilization. Taking a few instances of each for illustration, I will cite from nature first. It is well known that severe illness greatly impairs the acuteness of vision of an otherwise strong eya Almost the first thing a con valescent will do is to call for a book or newspaper to while away the tedium of the sickroom. Unless warned not to try his eyes too-much, he is apt, through for getfulness, to overtask his accommodative powers or injure the already weakened ciliary muscle. When the rest of hts body recovers its normal strength, the eye con tinues weak. After straining tbe eyes more in the vain hope that his sight will improve the person, if he is wise, will con sult experienced help. If otherwise, he will pick up the first pair of spectacles available, regardless of whether they should be too strong or too weak for his eyes. Should he finally go to an optician, the lattsr will often find if difficult to fit glasses satisfactorily. Other natural causes that affect eyes are wind, dust, light and heat when excessive. Eyes otherwise good enough become weak under such conditions. The weakness may be due to an error of refraction, and under most conditions the accommodative power of the eye is strong enough to over come the error. But under such atmos pheric or climatic conditions as I have mentioned the accommodation is lessened, and the eye cannot find relief except by the use of glasses. They should generally be convex. - _ - Having mentioned those losses of visual acuteness due to natural causes, next in order are causes produced by civilization. At the outset I will say that if the patient were to change his occupation ana take plenty of fresh air and exercise the opti cian's service might never be needed, but these “ifs" are in the way and are not to be got rid of by the average individual. Take a boy from the country, bring him to town and place him at clerical work, writing perhaps all day and into the night; put him behind a counter and let him stand all day with one hour free out of 19 or more, or let him sit at a workbench, following a trade that keeps his eyes fixed steadily hour after hour 12 or 18 inches in front of him. Take thia same youth with hitherto good eyes and bld him uso them day in and day out reading for a profes sion, or let him occupy his time in a dim ly lighted room or bend over a desk be neath artificial light all the time. I might go on giving instance after instance with out particularizing any calling as more harmful than others to the eyes. Is it a wonder that the children of this generation are wearing glasses along with their grandsires! Old age is no longer the reason for wearing glasses. In nine cases out of ten the young man needs a convex glass to assist his overtaxed eyes in fulfill ing their duties. In addition to these causes of weakened vision it is hardly necessary to mention the common evils of tobacco and alcoholic stimulants. Again, if the strong consti tution of a boy cannot save his eyes from their thousand and one uses, how can frail women escape! The ever Increasing army of women workers in shops and offices and thp new avenues of employment opening to them swell the number of spectacle wearers. It has been my purpose to point out that it is not the serious and very plain errors of refraction that cause ths most of an optician’s patronage, and he must often attribute the loss of visual acuteness to other causes.—Jewelers’ Weekly. Loul»l»n»’i Tiger Zouaves. There were occasions during the civil war when some of the Confederate soldiers were anything but apostles of sweetness and light. Early in the trouble the notorious Louis iana Tiger zouaves came through Atlanta on their way to Virginia. For hours be fore their arrival telegrams kept the wired hot advising our citizens to keep out of the way. Humors reached here of ths murderous assaults made by the zouaved upon people en route, and just before ths train was due in the afternoon the women, children and timid citizens were in a state bordering on hysterics. When the train rolled in, the Tigers be gan jumping off before it stopped under the car shed, and they at once scattered in every direction looking for’ liquor. The sight of their bronzed, foreign looking faces and their bizarre uniforms scared the spectators into fits, and most of the non combatants made a rush for their homes, where they bolted their doors and did not again venture out until the next day. The zouaves had a few fights among themselves, but they did not bother the inhabitanta as much as had been expected. They were so noisy and threatening, how ever, that the provost guard rounded them up at night and penned them up in the old courthouse yard, where Dr. d’Alvigney made a speech to them in French, which had the effect of putting them in a good humor.—Atlanta Constitution. A Gambol of the Lambs. A man who attended several of the re hearsals of the Lambs' club great star min strel show tells me of a bit of dialogue he overheard the other day—a bit of dialogue which he thinks the public will not have a chance to hear. Big De Wolf Hoppe* was acting as interlocutor, and Bones Mar tinotti Interrupted him constantly in the familiar minstrel show manner. At length Hopper ceased to frown upon him, and in the familiar minstrel show manner again roared out: “Now, Martinetti, what is ft!” “Veil, Meester Hopper,” said Martinet ti, “I want to ask you just one question. What does your wife say when you told her you hat been to the club!" The first tambourine, Jeff De Angells, interrupted. “Which one!” be asked. “Which one what!” roared Hopper. “Why, which club,” answered De An gelis innocently. “Ohl” said Mr. Hopper. “What did you think he meant, Mr. Hopper!” asked Martinetti. Hopper struck the Camy at the bat at titude. *‘l refuse to think, ” said he.—Wqghing «n Post. Barred From tha Beer. A man in Munich the other day was rash enough to permit himself to make derogatory remarks about the beer at the Hofbrauhaus. He was cited to tbe man ager’eroom, and there a paper was pre- to him to sign, declaring that he would retract his shameful remarks about Hofbrau beer. The guilty man said he could not conscientiously sign it The re sult has been an order that he shall never again be admitted to the sacred precinct* of the court brewery of Bavaria’s capital The wonders of surgery will, it seems, never cease. Among the most important achievements is the of muscles. This has been successfully done in the case of a patient who had for hftlf a lifetime beeu n nit hl a tn naa one leg on account of paralysis occur ring in early childhood. The operation is thus described: "A six inch longi tudinal incision is made on the inner side of the thigh, with the middle op posite the top of the patella. The sarto rius is dissected out, out off at its in sertion, brought forward and attached to the muscular fascia just above and a little to the inner ride of the patella. “The attachment must be made firmly by splitting the fascia and drawing the muscle through, so that it becomes ad herent to both inner and outer surface;. Kangaroo tendon is used for sutures, being the best material. The wound is then closed, and the whole thigh is bandaged, and finally a plaster of peris bandage, or a long splint, is applied. The patient is kept recumbent for two weeks at least, gentle motion is com menced at the end of three weeks, and the plaster is entirely omitted at the end of from five to six weeks. This op eration hap been performed several times with great success, the only failures oc curring where the muscles were imper fectly attached. This state of things was entirely remedied, however, in the later operations. ” —New York Ledger. Gssiswiaish Guatemala might easily sustain ten times its present population. The soil is rich and easily cultivated, and, unlike the other Central American republics, there is plenty of labor. Some parts of the country are quite thickly populated, but the others are covered with dense forests and a variety of timber, which might be easily made marketable if means of transportation were provided. But, although Guatemala is much farther advanced than the rest of Cen tral America, her railway system does not exceed 250 miles; there is no inter nal navigation, and the wagon roads are in a deplorable condition. The mineral wealth of the country is supposed to be large, but it is only slightly developed. The mines are inaccessible, and, in the absence of modern machinery, which at present cannot be conveyed to them, cannot be worked with profit. The government offers generous in ducements to immigrants. The land laws are liberal, and efforts have been made from time to time to secure the establishment of colonies and the pre emption of public lands by private set tlers. But all the accessible area is at present occupied, and no foreigner can expect to prosper in Guatemala unless he has abundant capital which will enable him to purchase at high prices planta tions already developed.—Forum. Hi* Own Composition. A recent article in Le Figaro of Paris is devoted to the American colony in that city. It says that the colony has always played the important and bril liant role in society chiefly because most of the Americans were “Ameri caines.” “It is certain,” continues Le Figaro, “that out of ten ‘Americaines’ reriding in Paris there is but one Amer ican. Affairs—’business,* as they say over there—absorbs the sterner sex in the United States. In that country the men have neither the inclination nor the opportunity for much leisure, and only pay us very short visits. “While their wives install themselves here the ’good’ husband only makes fly ing visits and is very seldom referred to in the elegant salons of the wives.” The writer, continues: “I was at an official ball not long ago, where one of them was the herb of a curious ‘his toire. ’ He wore on the lapel of his coat a brilliant star, which struck me as original and somewhat curious in form. Although very artistic, the order was unknown to me. Some Indiscreet per son inferrogated the Yankee as to what order it was. The Yankee replied in a phlegmatic tone, ‘lt is my own compo sition. ’” Superstitious Bonaparte*. The Bonapartes always were super stitious, especially the mother of Napo leon. She always had a presentiment that the rise and fall of her family would occur in the same century, that the glory which was prophesied for them would be followed by disaster. And the prediction was verified. She died in her eighty-seventh year, having lived long enough to see the downfall of all her children. . Napoleon I always feared Dea 3 as an unlucky day, and it is related of him that before every important battle he would throw dice to ascertain if he were to lose or win. The “red men” whom he always saw going to battle with him was »■ delusion that caused him much suffering.—Toronto Saturday Night __ Mot Worried About That. Her Father—Well, if you are deter mined to marry my daughter, I shall offer no objections, but before you take thia farevocable step I think it is only right to let you know that X have de cided to leave all my money to educa tional and charitable institutions. Glib Suitor—Oh, that’s all right I’ve got proof that you bet on a bicycle road race once. It’ll be easy enough to show that you’re of unsound grind. — Chicago Newa An v-Mra** — “He, ” said the fond but firm father, *ta, I fear, a young man of extravagant “Yea,” the daughter admitted, “ho wants me for a wife. ” —Cincinnati En quirer. The largest coffee plantation in Bra sil arid perhaps in the world is the Du mont plantation, established by a Frenchman in the state ot Minas Ge nes. Tbe number of coffee plants io 1890 was 4,718,000. The first sermon in Maine was deliv ered at Monhegan Aug. ». 1007. AN nPPN I FTTCD To MO mHERS. WE ARF. ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA," AND 1 “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADEMARK. Z, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now bear on eoer U the sac-simile signature of wrapper. This is the original “CASTORI A" which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought , - —on //n? and has the signature of wrap- j S per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 24, J Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer yon (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in- | gredients of which even he does not know. | “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF /'J? Insist on Having The Kind That New Failed You. THE CCMTAWte O9MFANV. TV MVftllAV •TWCrT, MEW VOEM CITE ■ GET YOUK — JOB PRINTING 1 DONE JLT The Morning Call Office. We have just supplied our Job Office with a complete line 01 Bteboncr* kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way m LETTER HEADH, BILL HFADS STATEMENTS, IRCULARS, ENVELOPES, NOTES, " ' • . • ; ( c.v- MORTGAGES, I JARDB, POSTERS’ DODGERS, >,U., ETC We cry Ue best ineof ENVEIZ>FES to >T»ied : this trad*.J Aa ailracAve POSTER U aay size can be issued on short notice Our prices for work of all kinds will compare favorably with thoep obtained roe any office in the state. When yon want job printing <d<f<ri;tkn <He call Satisfaction guaranteeu. • ’ ■ work done With Neatness and Dispatch, fl Out of town orders will receive prompt attention. J.P.&S B Sawtell. • •