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See 2nd. It shall be unlawful for any
consumer to P« rmlt *”/ a
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a suJ y :;rd It shall be unlawful for any
to use water from any spigotor
fnimta other than those paid for by him.
4th It shall be unlawful tor any
person to couple pipes to spigots unless
paid for as an extra outlet.
1 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, flx-
K 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 all, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. flth. The employees of tjie Water
Department shall have tho same authority
and power of regular policemen of the
. City of Griffin, for the purpose of enforc
ing the above ordinance.
Sec. IQth. Ail 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hereby repealed.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
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 hat been disinfected by the Board
of Health of the City of Griffin, and the.
certificate of said Board of Health giving
the number and character of the garments
disinfected by them has been filed in the
office of the Clerk and Treasurer of the
City of Griffin; provided nothing herein
contained shall be construed as depriving
individual citizens of 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 eachgarment
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 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 es ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed. >
An Ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil of the City of Griffin, That from and
after the passage Ot this ordinance, the fol
owing rates will be charged for the use of
water per year:
1. Dwellings:
One f-inch opening for subscribers’
use only $ 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet or bath 8.00
Livery stables, bars, soda founts and
photograph galleries. 24.00
Each additional opening 6.00
2. Meters will be furnished at the city’s
expense, at the rate of SI.OO per year
rental of same, paid in advance. A mini
mum of SI.OO per month will be charged
for water while the meter is on the service.
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
water wUI * oharged
J*® not b® turned on to any
ttnleM Provided with an approved
artment “hall have
l water for necessary
the B yßi»«n,and
7. Upon application to the Water De
partment, the city will tap mains «d lav
pipes to the sidewalk for $2.50; the rest
I of the piping must be done by’ a plumter
at the consumers’ expense.
The Jeb Wra Worth . Nickel.
Several small boys have inaugurated a
new industry along tho Wissahickon drive
at Rittenhouse street. The latter thor
oughfare, running up_ into Germantown
from the bridge over Wissahickon creek,
forms one of the steepest hills in the park.
It is not long, but tortuous as well, and
therefore extremely difficult for a wheel
man to climb. Those enterprising boys
have recognized this fact and are making
capital of it. Whenever a wheelman starts
Up Rittenhouse street from the drive he Is
bound to be pounced upon by a horde of
these youngsters, all clamoring, “Push
yer up fur a cent, mister, ” “Lemme push
yer, mister.”
One day last week a vefy stout woman
essayed to mount tho hill. It looked like
a pretty hard job to help her, but a little
fallow no bigger than a bar of soap after a
hard day’s wash applied for a job and got
it. It was a very edmieal sight, but tho
rider didn’t mind it Tho boy did very
well, but he was earning his penny by tho
sweat of his brow. When he was half way
up the hill, he gasped:
“Say, lady, dis ain’t no cinch 1” There
was no answer.
lady, I guess I’ll have ter let yer
go. It ain’t worth it.” He stopped push
ing. The lady’s whoel began to wabble
woefully.
“Come back,” she cried, “and you shall
have a nickel.”
After that it was marvelous the way the
young rascal increased his speed.—-Phila
delphia Record.
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Bio’s “Joological Gardens.**
Bio de Janeiro has some active agents
of publicity Who themselves possess the
gift of tongues. Certain of these gentle
men who feel an Interest'ln the zoological
gardens of Rio have lately decided to ad
vertise this attraction amongthe strangers
and pilgrims coming into the harbor.
They have therefore issued a circular “to
visitors lying at anchor,” which is ex
pressed in Portuguese, English, French
and German, and Which deserves to be
quoted in parkas a specimen of English as
she ,is spoken -by the unattached professor.
The circular runs thus:
“Joological Gardens.—ln these gardens
the visitor will find soum of rarest et best
specimens of wild beasts of Brazil; also a
Collection of Suaks (snakes), replilea, See.
Whick will prover a source of witerest et
Entertainment to many who haor a four
hours to span whib in Rio Janeiro. Tra
ways belonging to Compy Evry 10 Min
utes.” .
It is obscure, but one seems to feel what
the joological gardens are driving at The
Teuton finds himself in a worse case. He
Is invited to the “Garten an Bar” and
will hardly be flattered to find that his be
loved blergarten has Jbeen converted into
bear garden by thelively Portuguese.—
Pall Mall Gazette.
The Settler of Majorca.
The Vienna newspapers are calling at
tention just now to the circumstances sur
rounding the life of the Archduke Ludwig
Salvator, nephew of the emperor, who is
known as the “Settler of Majorca.” The
archduke’s life has been as romantic as it
has been eccentric. After the tragic death
of a princess whom he was about to marry
he spent some time in cruising about the
Mediterranean until, struck by the nat
ural beauty of Majorca, he determined to
take his permanent abode on the Island.
His castle bears the name of Miramar and
rests on the crest of a lofty peak, crowned
by ancient oaks and olive trees.
In memory of his dead bride the arch
duke devotes himself to works of charity.
His favorite studies are ethnography and
geography, and his works on these sub
jects are adorned with his own drawings.
He has written a history of the Balearic
Islands and established an asylum for the
sick and unfortunate of all nationalities
and creeds.—St. James Gazette.
Gentle Walt Whitman.
“Once,” says the dean of a great uni
versity to a writer in The Conservator, “I
called on Walt Whitman with a number of
my fellow professors. The old man re
ceived us with that gentle courtesy which
was characteristic, and among other things
he asked me kindly, ‘And what do you
do?’
“I said that I held the chair of meta
physics and logic at my university. The
old poet gave a reassuring smile,
who encourages a child, and answered:
“ ‘Logic and metaphysics—ah, yes, I
suppose we have to have people to look
after these things, even if they don’t ex
ist’ ” ,
Hawaiian Pigeon Post.
A London Times correspondent says
that tho Hawaiian government has, in co
operation with a syndicate of planters and
merchants, organized a pigeon poet service
between the eight largest islands of the
Sandwich archipelago. Communication
had previously been carried on under diffi
culties and at irregular intervals, vessels
not always being able to reach the islands.
Several hundred birds have been trained
to the service, and the attempt to establish
a daily bird post has been attended with
success. The most distant of the outlying
posts is 250 miles from Honolulu, the cen
tral station.
Sentinel Holds Dp an Officer.
An Irish sentinel of the Fifth Missouri
at Chickamauga was sharply reproved by
tho officer of the day for permitting per
sons to approach without giving the coun
tersign. The Irishman listened patiently
and was then about to walk away, when
the officer called sharply, “Well, you have
not asked me for that countersign yet.”
Quick as a flash the soldier thrust his bay
onet point uncomfortably dose to the offi
cer’s breast, while he grimly ejaculated,
“Lave us have that countersign, thin,
and be doni quick about it I”—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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The Latest Button. ,
The latest button, according to the Phil
adelphia Record, consists of a genuine rev
enue stamp of the new issue, which is
pasted on the button and glossed over.
The words "I pay war tax” appear above
and bejnw the stamp, and ns practically
every individual pays a war tax either di
rectly or indirectly, no one need fear creat
ing a false Impression by wearing one.
Revenue Collector McClain thinks the ap
pearance of the button will encourage de
linquents to step up and pay the tax.
Iltuma
Drums, which are now used throughout
the British army, were first introduced
into Europe by the Saracens. The fife was
introduced into the English army by the
Duke of Cumberland in 1745. The guards
were the first corps to adopt it.
Feminine Severity. >
Helen—What did you think of Kate’s
new tea gown?
Mattie—lt was made rather stylish, but
didn’t you think the colors rather weak?
Helen—Yes; they matched her tea very
nicely —Chicago News. ,
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baLloqns in war.
A Wovwl Battle In ClondUtarf Xsarty Thte
ty Tsars Ago.
Tho announcement that tho balloon is
destined to play a role in the present war
with Spain recalls the aeronautic experi
ments made by the French during the
groat war in 1870 and 1871. As early as
1792 balloons were used for military sig
naling in Franco. But in our times dur
ing the siege of Paris by the German
troops frequent attempts were made by
Frenchmen to communicate with those
inside tho beleaguered city and to dis
patch men and matter from the capital by
means of balloons. In Paris itself, under
the direction of Postmaster Ramport, a
balloon post ahd transport service was
established for carrying persons and gov
ernmental as well as private mail matter
from the besieged capital. Among tho
public men leaving the city so this way
M. Gambetta will ever be ranembered.
Homing pigeons were also sent by this
route to carry- news back to Paris. A total
of 66 balloons, according to Tissandier*s
“En Ballon Pendant le Siege de Paris,”
left the besieged city, and 168 persons, 10,-
194 kilograms of postal matter, including
3,000,000 letters, 868 homers, five dogs and
two boxes of dynamite, were dispatched
by the aerial route. Os the balloons 52
descended in France, five in Belgium, four
in Holland, two in Germany and one in
Norway. Only five of them were captured
by the Germans, and two were never heard
of, having been lost in the ocean.
Os all voyages of that time, however,
none could compare for exciting and peril
ous incidents with that of the well known
aeronaut, M. Nadar, who left Tours for
Paris with important government dis
patches at 6 o’clock one fine December
morning. At 11 he was in view of the
capital on the Seine. While floating about
8,000 meters above Fort Charenton, Nadar
suddenly observed a second balloon on the
horizon. Thinking it to be one leaving
Paris, the French aeronaut at once dis
played the tricolor of his country, and the
other balloon responded by exhibiting the
same flag. Gradually the two balloons
approached one another, being drawn in
tiie same direction by the same currents
of air. . When they were separated by only
a short distance, several explosions were
beard. The stranger had commenced to
flre.shots at Nadar’s balloon, the Intre
pide, which regan to descend rapidly. The
French flag had by this time been replaced
in the other balloon by the Prussian col
ors. The Parisians, who were watching
tho affair from the forts below, and who
now realized the true character and object
of the last arrival, cried out that their
plucky compatriot was lost, but they were
mistaken.
Nadar had scrambled from the car up
the network of his airship after the first
shot from the enemy to stop a hole made’
in the tissue. Presently he descended to
the car as the balloon righted itself, and,
throwing out a quantity of ballast, caused
it to rise higher and higher. Then, seiz
ing his rifle, he fired shots with rapid suc
cession into the Prussian, which suddenly
split and sank to the earth. On reaching
the ground a detachment of uhlans, who
had been watching the oombat from the
plain, picked up the German aeronauts 7
and rode off to the Prussian outposts.
Nadar then alighted* in safety within the
girdle of the Paris forts, meeting with an
enthusiastic ovation for his victory in the
first balloon duel.—Baltimore Sun.
Approved by His Son.
In a certain west end family there is a
youngster who has original ideas as to
who should be the virtual head of the fam
ily. The mother has been talking about
visiting the Omaha exposition and began
discussing the subject in the family cir
cle the other evening. With a knowing
wink at his wife (Which escaped the boy’s
notice) the father firmly said:
“I don’t see how We can afford to have
you go. ”
Promptly entering upon the spirit of
the play, the wife responded:
“I’vedetermlned to go, andl’mgolng!”
“You are not going, ” affirmed the hus
band. “I’ve made up my mind to that.
And when I ret my foot down/ that set
tles it!”
The discussion ended and the wife left
the room. The boy bad been an Interested
witness, but he had said nothing. When
his mother had withdrawn, be approached
his father’s chair, patted him on the back
and tn patronizing tones said:
“That’s right, papa! I’m glad to see
you’ve got grit I’’—Pittsburg Chronicle-
Telegraph.
An Indian Cradle.
E. E. Miller, who through his long
years of residence in this region and his
ability to talk to the Indians In their own
language is counted as their chief friend,
has collected many valuable relics and
curiosities, one of which he displays in his
show Window this week. In an Indian
tent is a doll papoose, strapped in a rude
Indian cradle which is nearly 100 years
old and which rocked the little lifaian ba
bies to sleep among the pines many years
before white men settled in the region.
He obtained the cradle from an aged
squaw, who said her mother had carried
her in it when she was a papoose, and it
was old at that time. It is rudely out from
pine wood and made in the shape of a
shallow bog with pieces on the back to al
low of its being slung from the mother’s
back or hung from the branch of a tree,
to be rocked by the wind. Over tho front
is an arch of wood from which the babies’
playthings were suspended.— Traverse
City (Mich.) Herald.
Born In Modern Time*.
This boy WM born in modern times and
comprehends modern history. He pre
sented himself for admission to one of the
schoolshiip at which sailors are trained
for the navy and was asked the usual
questions at the oxaminations:
“Where were you born?’’
‘•ln Modern Times.”
"The question is not when, but where
you were born.”
“Aboard the brig Modern Times of Port
land, Me., bound for Havre with a cargo
of phosphates. "
"How old are you!" *
“Sixteen last March."
“Who is the ruler of England!”
“Queen Victoria."
“Who is the ruler of the United States!”
■“President McKinley."
“How do queens and presidents acquire
power!”
“Queens are born so, and presidents git
there because they’re smart.”—Christian
Work.
Hassler and WeedMry-
The death of Charles Levi Woodbury ol
Boston recalls the old story in which hie
father and Hassler, the great coast survey
or, figured. Hassler applied to President
Jackson for such an increase of salary that
the latter pointed out that itwquld exceed
the remuneration of the secretory of the
treasury. Hassler, drawing himself up
proudly, said: “Mr. I‘re bident, you can get
60 Woodburys. There is but one Haesler. ”
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A THRILIINO MOMENT
THE DARINC ACT OF HEROISM OF
AN OIL WELL SHOOTER.
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He Hayed Baek Mep latke Game Between
XJfti aad Death, With Watare la the
Box and Twenty Quarts of Mttroglyeertn
Detag Service as the Ball.
Ono of the most thrilling experiences
recorded in the annals of shooters* ca
reers was that in which Dick Singleton,
an old time Bradford shooter, played
the role of hero. He played it well too.
That the sensational drama did not turn
out to be a tragedy in which six lives
were taken in the last act is due to the
hero’s cool head, quick decision and su
perb nerve in the face of almost certain
death.
Singleton was one of the best known
shooters in the Bradford field. He had
all the qualities which enter into the
make up of a successful juggler with
death’s agencies. He had shot hundreds
of wells and transported glycerin all
over roads which at certain seasons
had no counterpart for all round vil
lainy anywhere, but his reckless caution
had always averted a catastrophe.
One day Singleton started out to shoot
a well located near Bradford. The well
had been “drilled in” twota three days
before, but the shooter had been too
busy to put in a shot
Arrived at the well Singleton pro
ceeded to fill the shells with glycerin
from his cans. That is a proceeding of
some delicacy, as glycerin allows no
liberties to be taken with it Care must
be exercised in pouring the stuff from
tiie cans into the sheila
The well was about 1,800 feet deep,
and during the interval since drilling
had stopped about 1,000 feet of fluid
had accumulated in the hole.
There was nothing unusual about
that, but something unusual did hap
pen speedily and most inopportunely;
something calculated to turn one’s hair
gray and make such an impression on
the memories of the men present as
time could not efface.
The glycerin shell had been lowered
several hundred feet, and Singleton was
slowly playing out the cord, when he
felt the line slacken. Immediately he
heard an ominous roar. It was a sound
to appall the stoutest heart
The well had started to flow!
Singleton knew the meaning of that
sound. He knew that a column of oil
1,000 feet high, obeying the impetus of
the mighty forces of nature, then in
convulsion 2,000 feet underground, was
forcing to the surface with a velocity of
a cannon ball a shell containing 20
quarts of glycerin.
He realized that the propulsive energy
of that column of oil would project the
shell against the timbers of the derrick
with tremendous force. No need to
speculate on what would fellow the im
pact.
All this was flashed upon Singleton’s
consciousness as he stood leaning over
the hole. The thought flash and the
signal of peril were coincident in point
of time. ....
It was an awful moment—such a
moment as no man had ever experienced
and lived to describe.
Singleton’s companions understood
the import of that terrifying sound.
Acting upon a natural* impulse, they
turned to flee, seeking in flight the
safety which they knew it was futile to
hope for. Almost before terror could
impart motion to their limbs the catas
trophe would befall.
If Singleton had lost his head or hes
itated for only a fractional part of a sec
ond, six men would have been blown
into eternity, and another horror would
have been added to the long list charged
to the account of nitroglycerin.
But he did not lose his head. He
knew that flight was useless. No time
for that Whether he should run or
stay, death seeemd to be inevitable
If he should stay, there was one
chance—only one. It came to Singleton
like an inspiration. The one chance de
cided him. Desperate as it was—ff mil
lion to one that it would fail—he re
solved to take it
Who can say what passed through
the man’s mind during the inappreciable
fraction of time he waited to put
his plan into execution?
Perhaps Singleton himself could not
describe what his mental vision beheld
in that brief interval between the warn
ing and the appearance of the messenger
of eternity.
He was conscious of nothing but the
peril which was rushing upon him and
his companions and of the stem resolve
to stand at his post and do all that he
roic manhood could do to avert the im
pending doom.
Men think quickly at such time. Sin
gleton’s mind acted with the celerity of
lightning. His muscles obeyed the man
date of the will with electric prompti
tude.
He made his title clear to heroism <m
that eventful day. He braced himself,
and aa the shell shot from the hole he
threw his arms around it, not knowing
but the sudden arrest of motion would
explode the charge and not knowing
that he could hold the shell at all
Desperation gave him strength.
There be stood, victor over death, sur
prised to find himself alive and smoth
ered in the thick, greasy fluid which
flowed from the well and fell in tor
rents upon him. But he held fast to the
prize which his alert mind, quick eye
and prompt action had won in the
hand to hand grapple With the forces of
destruction.
Singleton is still living somewhere
!•* the lower oil country, and he occa
sionally tries his hand at a shot, but if
he should live until the final day of
judgment he could never forget the day
when he played back stop in the game
between life and death, With nature in
the box and 20 quarts of nitroglycerin
doing service as a ball—St. Louis Re
public. ,
The bandaging of the feet of Chinese
girls is begun in many cases at the 2ge
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/, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “CASTORIA, w the same that
has borne and does now bear on everyU
the sac- simile signature wrapper.
This is the original “CASTORIA” 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 the
and has the signature of wrap-
per. No one has authority from me to use my name except '
The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 24,1898. J
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a cheap substitute which some druggist ipay offer yon
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