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An Ordinance.
An ordinance to prevent the spreading
of diseases through the keeping and ex
posing for sale oi second hand and cast off
clothing, to provide for the disinfection of
such clothing by the Board ot Health of
the City of Grinin, to prescribe fees for
the disinfection and the proper registry
► thereof, and for other purposes.
, See. 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, flrm or corporation to keep
and expose for sale any second hand or
cast off clothing within the corporate limr
its of the City of Griffin, unless thei wd
, SIM’S a?o#oi
certificate of said Board ot Health giving
the number and character or 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
f individual citizens oi 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. »1
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 tor the issuing of
the certificate required by this ordinance
the sum ot twenty-five cents, and to the
Clerk and Trtasurer.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, Arm or corporation convicted of
a violation ofthis ordinance, shall be fined
and sentenced not more than one hundred
dollars, of sixty days in the chain gang,
either pr both, in the discretion of the
Judge ofthe 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 sfofesaid, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict here
with are heWby repealed.
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An Ordinance.
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Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil ofthe City of Griffin that from and
after the passage of this Ordinance:
Sec. Ist. That it shall be unlawful 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 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 persoh, not em
ployed by them, or not a member oi their
family, to use water from their fixtures.
Sec. 3rd. It shall be unlawful for any
person to use water from any spigot or
spigots other than those paid for by him.
C Sec. 4th. It shall be unlawful for 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 uhlawful 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
r person to interfere, or prevent their doing
so.
Sec. Bth. Any person violating afiy 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 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 shall have the same authority
ana 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.
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 I-inch opening for subscribers’
rm only $ 9.00
Bach additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet or bath 3.00
Livery stables, bars, soda founts and
photograph galleries 94.00
Each additional opening. 6 00
2. Meters will be tarnished 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 water, 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 u « 14c “
50,000 “ 100,000 •' •' 12c “
f 100,000 “ 500,000 “ '• 10c “
600,000 “ 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
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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 - 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 ofthe same.
7. Upon application to the Water De
partment, the city will tap mains and lav
pipes to the sidewalk for $2 50; the rest
ot the piping must be done by a plumber
at the consumers’ expense. ’
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A FEARLESSCONVICT.
- STEAOMAN’B DARING ESCAPE FROM
£ SAN QUENTIN PRISON.
f i
r Ora of Most Remarkable Casos at
f Jail Breaking on Record—Accomplish**
r by a Feat Which Almost Bordered o*
t th* Miraculous. A
’ It is cue thing to catch a thief and it
> b another thing to hold him. During a
r meeting of the chiefs of police of all the
- larger cities of the United Statesand
I Oanada, which occurred at Milwaukee,
j there were reminiscences of remarkable
f raptures and of escapes which bordered
> closely upon the miraculous.
’ “The most remarkable escape from
5 prison that I can recall,’’ said William
‘ A. Pinkerton, “was that of Frank
! Steadman from the San Quentin prison.
f But Til not tell yon about it, for here
> is John Glass, who caught Steadman
- and sent him back to San Quentin. ** -
’ Chief Glass pinched the brown im
perial on his under lip reflectively for
’ a moment before he responded to the
r looks of inquiry bent upon him by those
, not familiar with the story.
; ’“She escape to which you refer, Pin
r ketton, was made after I sent Steadman
) to San Quantin and not before. I was
> not the fortunate one to get him after
1 that last wonderful break. And to tell
1 the truth, I have never taken to myself
, much credit for taking him the time I
. did, for it was to a considerable degree
f a matter of good fortune. Yo’i see, we
I were just at that time keeping' our eyes
1 open for a bank robber by the' name of
> Barnes, who had gone into one w the
5 banks out there, covered the one man
’ who happened to be alone in the place
, at the time, locked him up in the vault,
, and then coolly walked ont of the bank
and out of sight with all the funds he
: could get his hands on.
i “One day a man answering closely
■ the description we had of Barnes step
ped off the train at Los Angeles. We
: took him in tow at once, but found
we did not have the bird we were after.
However, we managed to hold him
long enough to find out that he was
i Frank Steadman, who had become no
torious even at that time as a successful
. Jail breaker. He had four of five escapes
■ from prison in southern Indiana credit-
> ed to him, had got away from Joliet
■ and had still seven years to do At the
; Illinois prison; had also been at San
■ Quentin, and had escaped from there
’ with five years unfinished.
j- “Steadman was a machinist by pro
fession, and a burglar by inclination.
■ When he was sent back to San Quentin
■ to finish his time, he was pnt to'work
' with other convicts in the engine room.
It was here that an "idea came into his
’ brain that for absolute daring and fear
lessness was typical of the man. He had
noticed that every evening at the time
i the men working in the engine room
were lined up” to be marched away, the
machinery was stopped at exactly the
same moment He had observed as well
that a window leading to an adjacent
roof was not far from the top of the big
driving belt of the engine. From that
, roof it was possible to reach the outer
wall of the prison. Beyond the wall
, was freedom. He had escaped so many
times that his mind xeverted again and
again to the window high up on the
wall of the engine room. Apparently it
was beyond all possibility of being
| reached. No ladder was to be obtained.
; Had such a thing been even standing
, in place against the wall, to break
from the line and scale it with catlike
; dexterity, although the work of but a
few seconds, he well knew would be
futile, possibly fatal. Bullets travel
fastei than legs, and the guards were
not bad shots. But desperate deeds de
, mand desperate means. Some minds
may work with an ingenuity born of
despair, but Steadman’s was of a differ
' ent caliber. His plans were the out
growth of steadfast optimism.
1 „ “One day there came to him as if by
inspiration the thought that the big belt
might be the means of carrying him to
, his goal. He found that it was impossi
' ble to count the revolutions of the driv
ing wheel, but there were lacings in
f the broad belt, which he was able to
i distinguish as a sort of blur as it passed
a given point For days and days he
' counted, and in his cell at night he
spent his time in calculations. He dis
covered the exact number of revolutions
the wheel made per minute. He learned
also by constant observation just how
many tithes the belt went round after
> the engine was shut down.
“One evening, when the line had
been formed as usual at the close of the
day’s work and as the big wheel began
1 to lose its momentum, suddenly a con
vict sprang from the line, leaped to the
' belt, with outstretched arms grappling
( both edges of the broad leather. He had
i calculated well the strength that would
, be required, for the terrific wrench did
* not loosen his grasp. Outward and up-
■ ward he swung until he reached the
!■ topmost point of the circumference. The
; nicety of his calculation had reaped its
‘ reward. The belt stopped. He leaped to
his feet, sprang through the window
and was gone before convicts or guards
had recovered from their astonishment
i He caught up a guard’s coat and hat,
dropped from the wall and got away in
the dusk of the evening. Xam inclined
to believe that as a mathematical propo
, sition that was about as perfect a piece
| of work as any man ever accomplished."
“And did he get away without re
l capture?’’some one asked.
“No, I am almost sorry to say, he did
I not, ” answered the Los Angeles chief,
“for that ought by rights to be tbe de
’ nouement of such a story, which com
-1 bines so much of daring and cleverness.
1 Steadman was taken again in a short
, time and put to work at his old job.
r There are bars over that high window
1 above the big drive belt now. Not long
- after this Steadman cut and nearly kill
ed one of the other convicts and is now
- serving out an additional sentence tor
f attempted murder at the Folsom prison,
* which is situated some 28 miles from
’ Sacramento " Chicago Inter OcStbElfe
ANOTHER MYTH EXPLODED}
M*ttU> Oraxaee* *f Bran** DM M*»
U* la a Bureau Drawer.
fag the defeat ot Franc* an arranged on I
paper to his desk *o completely worked
out that the German commanders had only
to be supplied with copies and Sedan and
Metz were the consequence* Is going th*
rounds of the press with brilliant varia
tions. The latest variation is that Von
Moltke was awakened from a sound sleep
to be told that France had declared war,
that he instructed theald to go to cabinet
A and take from tower M a paper mark
ed schedule Z and resumed his dumber.
Inasmuch ag the Prussian embassador left
Paris several days before the deelaration'
ot w by France and as th* order for
mobilizing wmt out from Berlin while
public peace was yet maintained, there was
no need to break Von Moltke’* stamber
to tell him what he knew in dmdight.
; ‘ France decided on war July ft, but the
formal notification to 4ha* effect was not
sent to the nearest Prussian outposts un
til four days later. Neither Bismarck,
Von Boon nor Von Moltke was caught
napping either literally or metaphorically.
On the contrary, they Were arranging
even before France voted its fateful decla
ration to make war Inevitable. France de
clared war, but it waa Bismarck who
forced her to do it, and both Von Moltke
and Von Boon were in the game from
which the king of Prussia was excluded,
for he was not let into it until it was too
late for him to undo what they had done.
Nor did Von Moltke issue ordter.«Hta
outset which made Sedan inevitable. The
moet be did, as be tells us himself, was to.
make plans in advance against every con
ceivable hypothesis at French invasion of
Germany. The first position be took up
was that of observation in order that
France might not by a sudden rush sepa
rate north and south Germany.
When he found the French were unequal
to invading Germany, ha turned the tables
on them. He could not foresee Sedan at
the outset of the war, for the simple reason
that he could not foresee that MacMahon
would let go his hold on the road to Paris
and start off on that attempt to relieve
Meta which ended at Sedan. Von Moltke
candidly admits in his books on the War
that he was puszled the French move
ments because they were so obviously
wrong as to awaken his suspicion, and
that he waa at fault in not pushing
straight through the Vosges, whose passes
the French did not even attempt to de
fend. He did not anticipate that these
gateways would be left unguarded and
lost time in working around the moun
tains In consequence.
Von Moltke’s books are those of a frank
man who tells what be did. Possibly if
they were reed more some of those who
are forever comparing our operations with
those of Germany in 1870 would know
better than to set up the great strategist
as performing impossibilities. Von Moltke
himself found It hard to stamp ont ail the
absurd variations of his achievements that
became current In Germany. He waa
once, as he has told us, invited toa private
view of a picture representing the council
of war before Sadowa, in which ho was
grouped with other historical personages.
He complimented the painter on hia skill
and dryly added that the picture was ef
fective despite the tact that no such coun
cil was held.—Boston Transcript
Wouldn’t T*k* Advie*.
A west side youth called the other even
ing on a young woman who resides not
far from his home, and when he rang the
bell her little brother came to the door.
‘ ‘Good evening," said the little broth#.
“Good evening," said the youth. “I*
your sister at home, Geargis?"
“Yes, sir, ” replied the boy, “sbe’shome.
Do you want to see her?”
“Yes," said the youth. “Please tell her
I am here.”
“Won’t you come in?” inquired the boy.
“No, thank you," said the youth. “I’ll
wait here on the porch."
“Better come in," said the boy.
“No," said the youth.
“Bettek,” said the boy.
“No,” said the youth.
“Well, maybe you know best,” said the
boy.
“Yes,” smiled the youth.
So the boy went in, and the youth sat
down on the porch and propped himself
against a post.
Pretty soon with much rustling of skirts
Miss Alice appeared in the doorway.
“Mercy! Mr. Skimpie, is that you?
Didn’t you notice the porch had just been
painted?"
And then poor Sklmple remembered
with a sickly smile how urgent her little
brother had been.
But that wouldn't remove the paint.—
New York Journal.
Jasper's “Sun Do Mor*" Sermon.
The Bev. John Jasper, colored, of Bich
mond, Va., preached his celebrated “sun
do move" sermon far the twentieth time
recently. After quoting the passage from
Malachi, "From the rising of the mm,"
etc., he said: "Anybody tail me that God
told a He? You can call me a liar, hot you
had better not call him a liar too often.
Some say that wa are livingon a round
earth. Did any one ever teaoh you that
four corners mean round? If they did, you
had better get rid of those tqaohers as soon
as you can and get an old stick and broom
and sweep them aay. See Ifovffiation vll,
1, 'And after these things X saw four an
gels standing on the four corners of tec
earth, holding the four winds of the earth.’
Philosophers say that at midday there taa
nation that have their feet right against
our feet When did God ever make a na
tion of people to walk on their heads? If
there is a nation with their feet to ours,
who made them? Does this book say about
them? God don’t know them. The
prophets didn’t know them, and I’ve been
preaching going on 59 yean, having
preached 27,000 sermons, and 1 don't
know them. X don’t know how to get to
them. "—New York Tribune.
Varied Ch**k Staa***.
There are stamps and stamps, and the
banks are wrath fully aware that there are.
The report of one Boston bank for stamps
received on checks la this:
Internal revenue stamps of 1880.
Regular postage stamps.
Omaha postage stamps,
proprietary stamps.
Documentary stamps of 1898.
Postage due stamps.
The receipt of two 1 cent “postage doe"
on a check broke the record. How any
body outside of the poetoffioe department
could have had them in posaession to put
on is now th* mystery.—Boston Tran
script.
’’ ’-V *„■**!,, J |J||,| <
In view of the Mtwrtlon recently madto
by the Spanlah newspapers to the effect
that “there are no college* In tmerfe*,"
it is Interesting to know that we have 4N
universities and college*, »,472 proftraors
tcnchfers him!
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DIAMONDS IN AMERICA.
monds to be found than in the United
States, according to the population. I*
so estimated by a leading Maiden lane
(New York) diamond dealer that there
are upward of $500,000,000 worth ot
diamonds in this country. Moreover,
this Vuit amount is increasing year by
* yter.
Until quite recently diamonds were
rarely cut in thia country, bat Amer
ican mventors have developed a process
for diamond cutting which is vastly su
perior to that done abroad.
The loss in weight through cutting is
sometimes fully one half, but the value
fa increased probably more than two
’ The Dutch city of Amsterdam has
been the great diamor l cutting center <rf
the World from time immemorial and
nptds few year.* ago ove« 12,000 peo
ple in ttat place were directly or indi
rectly dependent upon thia trade.
But it Was not reasonable to gnppnra I
that Amsterdam should continue to hold
$ monopoly of diamond cutting. As one
oftfre greatest importing cities of the
world, New York ffedually offered, in
ducements to diamond cutters, and an
ihfiuatry hhs. been gradually built up
hefe thal is now very flourishing and
’ profitable. In 1858 Henry D. Morse of
Bostod invented a machine for cutting
apff polishing diamonds, and since then
improvements have been made upon it
that Are very important. The foreigners
continue to polish their stones by hand,
but in this country machinery is large
ly used.
A famous gem expert places the total
value of all the diamonds in the world
at over $1,000,000,(XX), of which $850,-
000,000 worth are ih the hands of deal
ers, carried as stock. All of the other
diamonds are in the hands of private in
dividuals, and the question naturally
arises, who owns them? This is not so
easily answered, except in the case of
large and world famous genu.— Godsy’s
Magazine.
PAYNE’S DESERTED TOMB.
B*mlntoo*ne** *t th* Aathor of “Hom*,
Sw**t Homa.”
The old Christian cemetery at Tunis
is one of the strangest sights in that
Bje town. Just off a busy thorough
under an ancient archway, is a
r wooden gate, much worn by the
lapse of time, thickly studded with fan
tastic nails and provided with a prodi
gious knocker. The latter, however, is
not needed, for the gate yields to an
energetic push, and you find yourself in
a large, waited inolosure, half garden,
half graveyard, where an Italian wom
an is hanging out clothes among the
gauat white tombs. It is 13 years since
any one was buried here, and the place
ia beginning to look neglected. The
modern cemetery is new outside the
walls, and its guardian told me that
many people came to him to inquire for
the monumedTbf “an American poet’’
or “an American consul,’’ and he had
to send them to the old graveyard. The
monument in question is that of the
author of “Home, Sweet Home," and
it bean the following inscription upon
its sides:
“In memory of John Howard Payn,
author of 'Home, Sweet Home. ’ Born
June 9, 1791; died April 9, 1853.
Erected A. D. 1855.”
[American Arms—eagle surmounted
by motto “E Pluribus Unum. ”] “Died
at the American consulate in Tunis.
Aged 60 yean and 10 months."
"In the tomb henrath this stone the
poet’s remains lay buried for 80 yean.
On Jan. 5, 1888, they were disinterred
and taken away to his native land,
where they received honor and final
burial in the city of Washington June
9, 1888. ‘Then be content, poor heart. ’ ”
“Bur* when thy rratl* spirit fled
To trains beyond fIM a*ur* dom*
With arm* outstretched God'* sngel said,
’Welcome to heaven'* hem*, sweet home.' ”
There is a certain appropriateness
about the fact that the author of the
exile’s most pathetic wnttwtn should
have died so many thousand mites away
from home.—lxstdcn Rltotch
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The follosrtag incident happened at
one of tite "catecheesms” which are
held periodically in Scotland far all the
uwmbefortf th* Irlrir qf a certain dis
trict. , ...j . ■
- “Th* I canon wsn in jßeni**i**to* > * , S*y
Mr. Johnsfon, “and one day they had
been dtfoussing the verse in which Solo
mon rays, ‘Among a thousand men I
have found one, but among a thousand
women have X found not on*, ’ meaning
one just and good and upright. And
an old Scotchwoman, when she had
listened tn sitenco and heard the rest
aooept it as present and gospel truth, got
her dander up and rose to her feet.
eyes blaming. Do you find why that
wabf It was because nae dacent woman
wad be seen in his company.’’’-Mil
waukee Wisconsin. '
She—Do you believe in platonic love?
He—l itardly know? Do you?
She—Wen, of course there may ♦
such a thing, but—but—well, between
two such people as you aaA-rdnd—
He—NO, not between you and ree.
Ah, Helen, platonic love would not do
forme! I must speak. Can you—can
you—
She—Oh, Alfred, how did you guess
my secret?—Ohicago Xfewa
A new invention is one to make tete
gMffe wMout of paper. The interior
I cable fa lead covered, and thin spirals
i of paper are wound around each interior
wire. The cost i* said to bemie-flfteenth
of rubber insulated cable. f
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t Beware of the man who smites when
, he’s angry; he’s dangerous. And be
ware also of the man who lodes glum
i when he’* glad; he’s probably a humor-
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