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An Ordinance.
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An ordinance to prevent the spreading
posingjfor side ©Second cast off
clothing, to provide for the disinfection of
such clothing by the Board ot Health of
the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for
the dißinlection and the proper registry
nance, it shall be unlawfol for any pereon
or persons, firm or corporation keep
andexpoae for sale any '^“ d h“ d ° r
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of Health of the City of Griffin, and the
SrXate 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
Cityot 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 ordK
nanpaahull apply, w
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 iheHssulng 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 mats.
Sec.&rd. 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with are hereby repealed.
Ain Ordinance.
Belt ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil pf the Qty of Griffin that from and
after the passage of this Ordinance:
Sec. Ist. That it shall be unlawfol 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 Water Depart
ment at 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 unlawfol for any
consumer to permit any person, not em
ployed by them, or not a member ot their
femily, to nee water from their fixtures.
Sec. 3rd. It shall be unlawfol for any
person to use water from any spigot or
spigots other than those paid for by him.
Sec. 4th. It shall be unlawful for any
personJa couple pipes to spigots unless
paid for as an extra outlet.
Sec. slh. It shall be unlawful for any
person to turn on water to premises or add
any spigot nr 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
oforeading 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 all, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 9th. The employees of the Water
Department shalj have the same authority
ana power of regular policemen of the
City of Griffin, for the purpose of enforc
ing the above ordinance.
See. 10th. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict of the above are
hereby repealed. k
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 Finch opening for subscribers
use only. ....$ 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet or bath 8.00
Livery stables, bars, soda founts and
photograph galleries24.oo
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.
3. Meter rates will be as follows: W
7,000 to 25,000 gals, month..lsc 1,000
25,000 “ 50,000 “ “ 14c “
50,000 “ 100,000 " “ 12c “
- 4 100,000 “ 500,000 4 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
A Notice to cut off water must be given
to the Superintendent of the Water De-.
P* r r ‘“ent, otherwise water will be charged
nr^’ a,ter will not be turned on to any
j unless provided with an approved
thS'rfoht .department shall have
-“l ° ff watCT for necessary
thev are nnMUM ? POn S y ßtem > “ d
they are not liable for any damages or re
bate by reason of the same. 8
7. Upon application to the Water De
partment, the city will tepmaiL and lav
pipes to the sidewalk for $2 50 • the rret
of tha piping must be done by’ a plumber
at thebonsumers’ expense. P
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THE AMERICAN SAILOR.
I
y Mkr Mm Became a Saeeiellrt .nd a Crete)
to the Nary. •
Jacky, who used to be more sailor
than gunner, is now more gunner than
sailor. Just in proportion as he has
ceased to be a part of the great engine
on which ho lives, so he baa come more
and more into the control of it, and as
the cardinal purpose of a warship is to
hit things with her projectiles Jacky
has become a specialist in getting that
work out of her. He does it in two
places—at the guns and at the engines.
Correctly pointed guns are of no use
unless the platform on which they rest
is put in proper relation to the thing to
be hit and kept there. Equally it is use
less to get the ship into proper place
unless the guns are correctly pointed.
I Men who can do either of these things
must have natural capacities and be sus
ceptible to education, and only men of
thia sort are eligible for our navy. ,
Accordingly the “beach comber,” or
the “rock scorpion, ” or any other va
riety of that ruck of marine refuse
which drifts around the great maritime
ports and ships in any craft where
“grub” is plenty and work light, no
longer slings bis hammock on Uncle
Stun’s berth deck, as he used to do, to
the shame of the service, in years gone
by. Nor can the tramp nor the jailbird
nor even the incorrigible black sheep of
the family thus be-provided for, to the
relief of conetables and lortg suffering
relatives. No man or boy can now pass
a United States naval recruiting officer
unless he is clean, healthy, honest,
young, strong and intelligent, nor can
he afterward get that advancement,
which is certainly open to him without
fear or favor, unless he continnes to
show aptitude and ability.—Park Ben
jamin in Independent. . ’
< ARMY AND NAVY GUNS.
A Vmt Difference In the Number of Men
Required to Handle Them.
The number of men required to man
naval guns of the British, French, Ger
man and American navies is about the
same, although the French are under
stood to have more men as a rule for
some of the larger guns.
For the 4 inch and 5 inchall cervices
require four men to work each piece;
for the 6 inch, six men are needed, and
for the 10, 13 and 13 inch the same
number.
As nearly all our 8, 10, 12 and 18
inch guns are used in pairs and mount
ed in turrets the 12 men working them
are protected by heavy plates of steel.
For the little 1 pounders three men are
necessary to work them rapidly, and
for the 3 pounders and 6 pounders four
men are assigned, and for the Hotchkiss
three men.
Treble the number of men mem to be
required to work the same caliber of
guns in our coast defense system, al
though there is no special reason for
this, unless it be due to the fact that
the army guns are mounted on disap
pearing carriages and are not provided
with turrets, which naturally limits the
space of the operators. An army 8 inch
gun takes 15 men to work it; a 10 inch
gun requires 18 men, and al2 inch
gun, the largest now constructed by the
army, calls for 21 men.
It will be seen, therefore, that a 18
inch naval gun is operated by six men,
while an army gun of one inch less cali
ber calls for 21 men. The navy gun can
be fired just as rapidly with its six men
as the army gun can be fired with its
larger number.—Boston Herald.
At Sea on Maskat.
A funny scene occurred many yean
ago in congress. A present of Arabian
horses, a sword, etc., arrived from the
imam of Maskat for President Adams.
A western member with some heat
moved that the gift should be sent
back, with a letter from congress, in
forming the ruler of Maskat that the
president of the United States was no
king, but the servant of the people, and
was not permitted to give or receive
presents.
Another member rose. “Such a let
ter, Mr. Speaker,” he said, “can easily
be written. But where is it to be sent!
Where is Maskat?”
There was no response. Apparently
not a member of the house was prepared
to answer, nor could Maskat then be
found in any atlas published in this
country. It was found at last on a Ger
man map. A civil answer was returned,
and the geographers made haste to in
sert Maskat in the next edition of their
maps.—Exchange.
The Other Way Around.
The loyalty of the Scottish highlander
to his kilt is a picturesque thing. He
will never admit that it makes him
cold, and highlanders who were suffer
ing from cold in the ordinary dress of
civilization have been known to substi
tute the kilt for it in order to get
warm, though this would be much like
removing one’s coat and waistcoat dhd
rolling up one’s shirt sleeves for the
some purpose.
It is said that a stranger, seeing a
soldier in full highlander uniform shiv
ering in a cold wind, asked him:
“Bandy, are you cold with the kilt?”
“Na, na, mon,” the soldier answered
indignantly, “but I’m nigh kilt with
, the Tail’d F’—EachA gc. 1 *■’
Hnrrahr
W. J. Spratley, the Egyptologist,
thinks that “there can be no doubt that
the Egyptian soldiers in ancient times
went into the battle to the inspiring
cheer of the’Hooßa! Hooßal Hooßal*
and if the average questioning man
asks why he replies with this, ‘Because
Hoo Ra (in the tongue of the Barneses)
means ‘the king, the king, the king!* ”
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Turning the Stoek.
A writer in The Dry Goods Chronicle
says: “A good point for the retail mer
chant to remember is that it is not how
large a business he does, but how many
times bis stock is turned in the course
of the year, that really indicates the
successful merchant”
to keep
hand or
orate lim
the said
the Board
A FRENCH HARNESS.
—
a case involving patent righto, he is apt to
retain forever thereafter a firm disinclina
tion to hear any more of the sort. It hap
pened that sever i,.t on teases were outba
locket of a Nu»v Jersey court, and the
Judge managed to defer each one as it
tame up and slide It down the list When
the end of the term wan well within reach,
the patent practitioner* began to demur a
little at this procrastination, and finally
the leader of their bar was deputed to ask
the judge to sot some of these cases for
hearing. Ho carried with him a list of
the oases, with a side memorandum to in
dicate what class of machinery was in
volved.
The judge looked down the list, not at
all anxious to hear any patent case, but
recognized that he would have to do so
in the end, and therefore prepared to yield
as graciously as possible. He noted that
this case involved an ore separator, that
the next had to do with some electric ap
paratus, that almost all of them premised
to Involve him in the deepest physics and
the most complicated mechanics. At last
his eye rested on case 5287, against which
was made the memorandum ‘Frenchhar
ness.” .
‘‘There, I'll take up that case," ho said.
“There isn't much time left in this teem,
but you cannot spin that thing out very
long. I was brought up with horses, and
I have had them all my life. I know all
about a harness to begin with, and it
won’t be any trouble to pick up the French
twist to it. We’ll get that ease out of the
way In short order.”
The trial opened at the time appointed.
The opposing briefs were volumes crowd
ed with working drawings of the most
cWh plicated sort, the letterpress was filled
with equations and mathematics in gener
al, all necessary to elucidate some of the
most intricate processes in the arts. In
addition the courtroom was filled with
working models until it took on the ap
pearance of a factory ot hh Industrial ex
hibition, and this was but the beginning.
The counsel cited a host ot decisions in
conflict upon every essential point. At
last the case Was,submltted. After the re
cess some one congratulated the judge on
having but one case unfinished.
“Don’t speak to toe,” ho groaned. ‘‘l
told those patent lawyers that I knew all
about harness and selected that case be
cause it was easy. It knocked blazes out
of my vacation. It took up two months
before I could make head or tall of it, and
then I was six weeks writing the deci
sion.”
A French harness is an appliance In
connection with the weaving of figured
cloths, the intricate ingenuity of which
has made it possible to employ the loom in
the reproduction of any design. In com
parison with it ordinary machinery is as
simple as a grindstone.—New York Sun.
What Shall Be Done With ClausenY
The case of Cockswain Clausen of the
cruiser New York, and later and illegiti
mately of the stopper Merrimac, will re
quire the attention of Captain Chadwick
and of Admiral Sampson as soon as the
young man gets out of the hands of the
Spaniards, by exchange of prisoners or
otherwise and returns to his duty.
The cockswain has committed an offense
which has some parallels in naval history,
but which never loses its interest, however
Often repeated. It would have rejoiced
Marryat’s heart to tell about Clausen’s
sin. In leaving his own post without or
ders and stowing himself away upon the
Merrimac, so that he might share the glory
of an expedition Which seemed to mean
almost certain death to all concerned,
Clausen not only violated discipline in an
unpardonable way, but he was also guilty
of gross unfairness to the 4,000 men or
thereabouts in the fleet who had volun
teered for the same perilous service, and
were just as crazy as he was to go along
with Hobson.
This latter aspect of the case is that
which will principally strike the blue
jackets and others who volunteered to sac
rifice their lives with Hobson for the sake
of their flag and were not accepted. Clau
sen stole a march on them. They end he
had the same courage to go, but they had
what he lacked —namely, the courage to
obey orders and stay behind. He is a brave
man, but so are they brave men and he
roes, and they are all better sailors than
Clausen in one all important particular.
Nevertheless, whatever martial law may
say on the subject, it is written that no
man’s life shall be put in jeopardy twice
-for the same offense, and the insubordi
nate cockswain’s life has certainly been in
jeopardy once already for his offense.—
New York Sun.
Enoch Arden With Variations.
Tennyson has enshrined in verse the
story of the sailor who returns home after
years of absence to find his wife married.
M. Zola has also written a short tale on
tho same sort of subject, and a real ver
sion of the well worn theme comes from
the prosaic district ot La Chapelle in Paris.
It appears that during the Franco-Ger
man war M. Binot, a grocer of Vincennes,
was supposed by his wife to have been
killed in one of the battles around the
city. Previously his house had been shelled
by the Prussians, and his wife went away
from Vincennes with her child.' When
the war was over,* Binot returned to hto
suburban town, and, seeing his old resi
dence destroyed, arrived at the conclusion
that his wife and child were killed and
buried beneath the ruins. Drying his
tears, he set to work again, made money
and remarried. Meanwhile his wife heard
of his return, but kept away from him
and brought up her son Gustave, who to
now a married man, under the impression
that his father was killed in battle.
Lately the original Mme. Binot had a
dispute with one of her friends, who hap
pened to be in the possession of the secret.
The friend, in order s have revenge, told
Mme. Binot’s son that his father was alive
and living at La Chapelte. Thither Gus
taVe Binot repaired and found him dining
with the other Mme. Binot in a restau
rant—Paris Letter.
Horae’s Expressive Heeia.
“Talk about education, that hone of
Major Bartlett’s, of the First regiment,
has got more sense and patriotism than a
whole lot of people.” The speaker wee
Robert E. Lee, the now famous private,
who, after being rejected a half demon
times, finally got into the Second battalion
and was assigned to duty as orderly to
Major Bartlett. “That bores, ata',” con
tinued too “General,” as he to known,
“was being curried by a recruit. The man
didn’t knofe his business, sir, and be
didn’t half do his work. Just as he had
combed out the hone’s tail as a finishing
touch and was getting away, the horse
shot out hir hind legs, snorting, as the re
cruit went up into the air, ‘Remember
the mane.’ "—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
THE HEIGHT OF SOLDIERS.
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pe&a Anrtee Ara Increased.
the average height of fighting men is-di
minished. TheTageblattof Bectinaoanbee
the reduction in the average stature of
soldiers in modern armies to conscription
and toys that in the German army it is
now only 60 M inrhe*. Tn the British
army the height is inches, showing
tho tallness of the average Englishman
and Scotchman. Frenchmen and Span
iards are taken at 1.64 meters, Italians at
1.56 meters (61 inches), and tho same
minimum mecsutonient i s the role in
Austria. The Russian minimum is 1.54
meters, and in tho United States ft is
1.619 meters (68.78 inobra).
In iB6O, before Ihd beginning of the
American civil war r.i.d before the general
arming of Europe, tho average height of
men serving in too various European
armies was as foDo-.vs, given in Inches:
Italian, 65; Spar lard. 66.5; French. 66;
Hungarian, 6AI; Austrian, 66.6; Belgian,
W. 9; Russian, 67: English, 67.5; Irish,
68; Scotch, 88.6; Nonctiglan, 69.
Although the average height of soldiers
has decreased during tho Inst few years
ooneiderably in tbpeo countries tn which
eonacriptiou is tho rule, It la found gener
ally that in. countries in Which peaceful
conditions prevail and no great standing
army is maintained the stature of new
soldiers is gradually increasing. This is
shown conspicuously in tho case of Swe
den, where the average of height of new
soldiers between 1840 and 1860 was M
inches, 66.2 between 1860 and IMO, 6«.6
between 1960 and 1870, 60.8 between 1870
and 1880 and 60 between 1880 and 1890.
The proportion of rejected aoldlers In
France has decreased from 87 per cent in
the decade beginning 1840, 85 per cent in
the decade beginning 1860 and 88 per cent
in the decade beginning in 1880 to 30 per
cent at preoent. The number of conscripts
now rejected on account of height is lew
every year in consequence perhaps ot the
fact that the minimum height limit of the
French army has been steadily decreased.
American aoldlers have preserved dur
ing many years the same height substan
tially, though the fact is well known that
soldiers from tho western and southwest
ern states are, as a rule, taller than those
from the east and from the southern At
lantic states.
Jumped Into tho Ball King.
Apropos of Second Lieutenant J. H.
Scott, the Philadelphia boy, who to the
executive officer of the Hudson, who pulled
the Wlnstow out of a hole when disabled
at the bombardment at Cardenas, a story
of hto love of excitement to given by a
classmate while the pair were on the Unit
ed States boat Chase os cadets on their
practice cruise. The vessel was at Lisbon,
Portugal. The starboard watch of cadets
were ashore on leave. Some, with
“Hutchy," m Scott was familiarly called,
went to see a bullfight at a suburb of Lis
bon called Cintra.
In the royal box that afternoon in Au
gust of 1888 sat the present ruler of Portu
gal, then a debonair and democratic youth.
Suddenly a cadet’s cap was seen to fly
through the air and drop in the center of
the arena. The owner, none other than
“Hutchy,” jumped into the ring, grabbed
a spear from a dazed matadore and after
giving his trousers a sailorlike hitch the
hero of Cardenas proceeded to assail a
lively runt of a bull. The multitude that
crowded the tiers recognized the uniform
and yelled, men, women and children,
“Viva el Americano!”
Suddenly the bull fell. The first bull
killed in a Portuguese arena tat 20 years,
and that by a Philadelphia boy. However,
with spear in one hand and hto cap in the
other,looking very much scared, “Hutchy”
was conducted by some attendants to the
royal box and received, much to his sur
prise, not only congratulations, but Prince
Carlos, removing a signet ring from hto
finger, presented it to Scott.
The affair was the talk of Lisbon for
several days, and as a result of the cele
bration that followed, for the ring had to
be wetted, “Hutchy” and hto chums were
kept, on board the Chase for a month or
more.
'/?' The Army Paymaster.
The most popular officer holding the
commission of the United States govern
ment is tho paymaster. In the eyes of the
troops at the front he to only a little lower
than the angels. When he arrives in camp,
he to received with something like the en
thusiasm that surprised the prodigal son.
The best that there to in the way of tent,
things so eiiand tilings to drink are at
his disposal. The colonel smiles, and the
majors smile, and the captains smile, and
the smile progresses on down to the small
est drummer boy. Everybody spruces up,
put* op hto best s vailable clothes and does
hto beet to do credit to the regiment.
You would think that the businesslike
man ia a major’s uniform was MtosCo
lumhia, the president and the general oom
mandiag rolled into one. And then the
paymaster reciprocates. He loses no time
in getting through the books. He has
beep known to toll half the night so that
tho boys might not have to wait for their
money any longer than was abeolutely
necessary. Ae a rule, there is a day's work
in the regimental rolls, but the paymas
ter doesn’t spare himself ar hto assistants.
He looks as satisfied when hto task to done
as if he were about to go out with the
boys whom he has made so happy. But
he doesn’t, for he has to fly away to fresh
scenes of activity.—New York Sun.
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Hew He Heat Oat of tho DenL
Stone-the collapse of the Leiter wheat
deal brokets on the board of trade have
been tatitog many stories about part “cor
ners” and bigmarket manipulations. Ono
of the stories concerns Leopold Bloom.
Yean ago Mr, Bloom conducted a big
wheat campaign and made a fortune
Unlike many others, he quit then and
there. But often he felt the speculative
mania return and he had a hard time
keejdng hto hands off the market Once
raitfcnforty he aloiert feC, b*» finally
managed to stay away from the board of
trade through a llttie trick of hto own—
that to, if the stories of the brokers may
be believed.
In order to prevent himself dabbling in
futures he told hto valet to lock him In a
room at Ma house, and no matter what
the plea was not to Irt him out util tee
great deal on the board of trade was over.
Hto faithful valet did as he was ordered,
and Mr. Bloom kept hto hands off the
market.—Chicago Journal.
Mow
The Japanese press to printing articles
headed “Revival of Buddhism in India.”
Burma, Slam and Japan are to raise
funds to found sn international Buddhist
monastery and missiMnry college tn Cal
cutta for the training -U young men aa
Buddhist missionaries tube rent to Eu
rope and the United States.—St. Lento
Star.
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I O IVIVz I FIELIvo.
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WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO
THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND " -
“PITCHER'S CASTORIAa” AS OVR Tit A Off KAWK *
Z, DR. SAMVEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "CASTOR I A," the same that
has borne and does now bear on every
the fae-sunue signature gs wrapper.
This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used in
the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty year:.
LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that U is
the hind always boufht 08 the 1
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
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in- |
gradients of which even he does not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
■ Mr M MM
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You. I
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