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An Ordinance. clothing, to provide for the disinfection of such clothing by the Board of Health of the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for thereof, And for other purposes? Sec. Ist Be It ordained by the Mayor and Council ofthe City of Griffin, that from and after the passage of thia ordi nance, it shall be unlawful for any person Griffin, and th, certifloite of said Board ot Health giving the number and character of the garments disinfected by them has been filed in the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Griffin; provided nothing herein contained shall be construed aa 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 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 Treasurer of the City of Griffin for the registry of said certificate the sum of fifty cents. Sec. 3rd. Be it farther ordained by the authority aforesaid, That every person or persons, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of this ordinance, shall be fined and sentenced not more than one hundred dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang, either or both, in the discretion of the Judge of the Criminal Court, for each of fense, It shall be the duty of the police force to see that this ordinance is strictly enforced and report all violations the Board of Health. Sec. 4th. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here with are hereby repealed. An Ordinance. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Griffin, That from and after the passage oi 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 famished 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 thff 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 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 necessary repairs and work upon the system, and they are not liable for any damages or re bate by reason of the same. 7. Upon application to tfie 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.' TAX ORDINANCE FOR 1898. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the city of Griffin and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same, that the sum of 25 cents be and the same is hereby imposed on each and every one hundred dollars oi real estate within the corporate limits ofthe city of Griffin and on each and every one hundred dollars valuation of all stocks in trade, horses, mules, and other animals, musical instru ments, furniture, watches, jewelry, wag ons, drays and all pleasure vehicles of every description, money and solvent debts, (except bonds ofthe city of Griffin) and upon all classes of personal property, including bank stock and capital used for banking purposes, in the city of Griffin on April Ist, 1898, and a like tax upon all species of property of every description held by any one as guardian, agent, ex ecutor or administrator or in any other fiduciary relation including that held by non-residents, to defray the current ex penses of the city government. Section 2nd.—That the sum of 65 cents be and the same is hereby imposed upon each and every one hundred dollars valu ation of real estate and personal property of every description as stated in section First of this ordinance, within the corpo rate limits ofthe city of Griffin for the payment ofthe public debt ofthe city and for the maintainance of a system of electric lightsand waterworks. Section B.—That the sum of 20 cents be and the same is hereby Imposed upon each and every one hundred dollars valu ation of real estate and personal property of aM descriptions, as stated in section First of this ordinance, within the corpo rate limits of the city of Griffin, for the maintainance of a system of public schools The funds raised under this section not to be appropriated for any other purpose whatever. Section 4.—That persons failing to make returns of taxable property as herein pro vided in Section First, Second and Third of this ordinance shall be double taxed as provided by the laws ot the state and the clerk and treasurer shall issue executions accordingly. Section s.—That all ordinances or parts of ordinances militating against this ordi nance be and the same repeal- • so Cure Cwstittfttioc Fureter Take Cascurets <C?.thart ic 10c np-gsA. it C. C. C. fail to cure, drvzaists refund nw«r hyphenated names. 5 Bisir~r~ Why She Fashion of Ualag Them la Becoming Popular. f One of the fashions which, at first sight, f seem difficult to account for is that par • I ttealar weakness which causes an endless ' | number of people to change their sur . I names. But a little thought will give the ; clew to the rapidly increasing army who . go through the world labeled in a form i differing from the original advertisement ' ot their known male ancestors. It is strange, but nevertheless a true fact, that the undoubted tendency of aristocratic families is to become extinct, or to end in heiresses. There is no legitimate male ; descendant of any king of England who ' sat. on. the thrqne before the reign of George I. Os the 25 barons who set their hands to Magna Charts not a single male descend ant remains. There is not a single Eng lish barony by writ (heritable by ot through females) now held by a male of the family In which it was originally created. There are only about 800 noble or gentle families now holding the same land in male succession which their male ancestors held even as recently as the reign of King Henry VIL There Is scarcely an English pedigree without a break. It is dauJ)tful if there are 50 authentic male p|a!|grees today in England which can be taken back to the conquest. Thus the necessity of changing one's name argued a connection with and de-" scent from an ancient family—ergo, it was an aristocratic thing to change one’s name or take a double name. After that ot course came the deluge of such changes. At a much later date came the class who, with no inherited obligation to do so, were glad enough to perpetuate by a change of surname or by the adoption of a double surname the fact of their descent in a female line from an ancient house. At a still later date, probably within the last 50 years, has arisen yet anothea class, a typical product of the' days we live in, who for mere purposes of distinction, one might say from the necessity of distinc tion, have been glad to seize any plausible excuse to either make a complete change or more often to hyphen on some other name in the hope that the combination will be more or less distinctive. While such names as Plantagenet, Maltravers, Mauleverer, Conyers, Fitzalan, De Bohun, etc., have become extinct, the names of Smith, Brown, Jones and Robinson still increase and multiply as the sand upon the seashore. And with this ghastly mul tiplication and duplication, small wonder that distinction becomes advantageous. It seems to be a very general idea that a man may change his name, as, how and' when he likes, seeking the approval and authorization of no one save himself. Nearly every solicitor will advise you to this effect, because the textbooks he crams from and relies upon do not teach him to the contrary. This idea, unfortunately, is rapidly spreading and to a great extent dates from the following dictum of a judge, who remarked from the bench, “I know of no law to prevent any man chang ing his name as often as he likes, provided that It Is not done for the purposes of fraud.” This is not the only case in which a judge has gone wrong by endeav oring to apply ths rules of law court law and jurisdiction to matters of “honor,” which are In the sole prerogative of the crown and which are within the jurisdic tion of the earl marshal’s court. —Genea- logical Magazine. ft Life on a Transport. You have no Idea of what a transport Is, and especially one that is overcrowded. It Is really a hell on earth, or rather on wa ter! Thank heaven, the weather has been fine, and I have slept on deck every night, not even going below when it rained. I never felt better in my life and have come to the conclusion that I can stand any thing. As I have not been at all seasick, I vol unteered for the stable police, who have to clean up below decks where the horses are. If you could put all the terrible smells in the world together, you would get some idea of what it is. We can only stand it for about half an hour at a time and then have to take a spell on deck to recover. If we had a storm, I am afraid it would go hard with some of the lads, as a good many are pretty seasick now. The .' >od is fierce, and we only have oon densed steam to drink, which is almost hot, but still I seem to thrive upon it. Every morning we get up at 5 and form a line In our birthday suite and have a great hose played on us. Then we have break fast, and after that comes target practice at boxes over the stern. We were on fire three times in two days and only had hard tack and rotten coffee to eat and a little dirty water to drink.—Harper’s Weekly. Bismarck’s Head. Some accurate particulars as to the form and measurement of Prince Bismarck’s head have been contributed by Herr Fried rich H. Kranz, the present head of the old Frankfort firm of hatmakers, Martini & Co., to the Hamburger Nachrichten. As the Bismarck family objected to a cast of his head being taken after death, the trade statistics supplied by Herr Kranz may be valuable to future biographers and physi ologists. Fifty years ago, according to the first record of the Martini Kopfmass machine, Bismarck’s head had a width of 59)4 centimeters. During the later years of his life his head had swollen to the width of 62 centimeters. His skull was of a peculiar formation, the “bumps” being considerably larger on the right side than on the left. Perhaps this was a phrenological symbol of his po litical sympathies, for, though he once said that the old Adam in him was in clined to republicanism, he never allowed these early inclinations toward the left to influence his resolute determination to up hold the contrary side in politics, and the physical development of the right side of his skull may have been a trophy of the Victory of his Will over his inclinations.— London News. i- An Qdd~H«ntueklan. The Bev. Charles Kesterson is an odd Kentuckian who has been on both sides of the law. His father was one of the early pioneers of Hancock county, Tenn., and his mother was an Indian, being a member of the tribe of famous Malun geona. The Rev. Mr. Kesterson is 7 feet 8 Inches tall, though he claims when in the prime of manhood he was over 8 feet tall. His weight is 809 pounds, and he is 73 years old. When lawlessness was at its height, the Rev. Mr. Kesterson was the terror of that country. He never heard the whistle of a locomotive or saw the iron monsters till a year or so ago, when he went to Knox ville. ' . ialmed by many of his neigh bors . !> s killed at least seven men. i Tb< • ;«jher denies this. He ao kn< 1 e errors of his youth, but says ;. • nwrir killed so many.—-Oln- rinnati r.irer. THE FARMER WON. ■at SohMfar CwShn It Um Htarteel Oarn. Ute Ute. “Some years ago,” said a sporting man, “when Scnaefer kept a billiard room in this city, he was always ready to play all comers who desired a game. Many strangers and people unknown to Schaefer naturally strolled in; many, too, who probably did not know him. But it made no difference to Schaefer. Sometimes strangers would desire to play for money, but this Schaefer would never do. To all such propositions he would say: ‘No, I won’t play for mon ey, but I’ll tell you what I will do—l will play a game, the loser to treat the house. ’ "One day an old farmer entered the place, and after wandering about look ing at the pictures on the walls and ex amining the tables be asked if there wag any one present who would like to play him a game of billiards. Schaefer, as usual, said that he would play the stranger. “ ‘How much shall we play for?* ask ed the farmer. “*1 never play for money, ’ replied Schaefer, ‘but I will play you for the drinks for the house.’ “ ‘All right,* said the farmer. ‘How many points shall we play?* ‘Oh, ’ replied Schaefer demurely in all the consciousness of his superior powers, ‘we’ll just play until you are satisfied, and we will call that a game. ’ "The crowd smiled as the players prepared for the contest The balls were placed on the table, and Schaefer brought out his favorite cue, and it fell to his lot to open the game. "The opening shot in a billiard game is a somewhat difficult one, as most players know, and Schaefer, probably through indifference, missed it He not only missed it, but left the balls close together near one of the cushions. Il was what is termed In billiard parlance a‘set up.* "The old farmer carefully chalked his cue, and after deliberation made the shot He then gazed at the balls a mo ment, laid down his cue and exclaimed: ** ‘I am satisfied.* "The score was then 1 to 0 in favor of the old farmer, but as Schaefer had agreed to make the gamers long or short as the farmer desired he had to be satisfied. Schaefer of course had to in vite all present including his conqueror, to partake of the hospitality of the house. As the crowd laughed and drank Schaefer remarked that the game was the shortest he had ever played, and probably the shortest on record. '' —New York Tribune. LOVED LIFE TOO WELL. Ancient N»toh«i Indian Who Rebelled Against Belnf Sacrificed. One of the repulsive features of the laws under which the Natchez Indians were governed was that when a mem ber of the royal family of the nation died it was necessary that several others of the people should accompany him to the tomb by suffering death at ths hands of executioners. "When ths "great sun,** the hereditary chief at the whole nation, died, all his wives, in case he were provided with more than one, and also several of his sub jects, were obliged to follow him into the vale of shadows. The "littlesuns,” secondary shiefs, and also members of the royal family, likewise claimed, when dying, their tribute of death from the living. In addition to this, the in exorable law also condemned to death any man of the Natchez race who had married a girl of the royal line of the "suns. ** On the occasion of her death he was called upon to accompany her. "I will narrate to you upon this sub ject,” writes an old French chronicler of Louisiana, "the story of an Indian who was not in a humor to submit to this law. His name was EtteacteaL He had contracted an alliance with the ‘suns. ’ The honor came near having a fatal result for him. His wife fell sick, and as soon as he perceived that she was approaching her end he took to flight, embarking in a pirogue on the Mississippi, and sought a refuge in New Orleans. He placed himself under the protection of the governor, who was at that time M. de Bienville, offering him self to be the governor’s hunter. The governor accepted his services, and in terested himself in his behalf with the Natchez, who declared, in answer, that he had nothing to fear, inasmuch as the ceremony was over, and as he had not been present when it took place he was no longer available as a candidate for execution. ’’—New Orleans Picayune. .. r. Flower Painter®. About the last literary work complet ed by the late Cora Stuart Wheeler was a beautiful tribute to "Some Court Painters to Queen Bose" published in The Woman’s Home Companion, in which she says: a » "As a rule, women make the best flower painters. The men who excel in this branch cd art are comparatively few, even when we consider the small number of artists of both sexes who have acquired reputation in the pictur ing of flowers. The reason is not diffi cult to see. The average woman has a fondness for flowers which brings her into the closest sympathy with them and enables her to appreciate and un derstand them as men seldom do. In the interpretation of certain subtle phases of floral life her sensitive tem perament and the peculiarly sympathetic feeling that she is apt to bring to her labor of love especially qualify her for engaging in this department of picture making. In point of technical ability some marvelously clever work has been done by artists of the gentler sex in the reproduction of flowers and in the treatment of difficult subjects. *’ - The Guest (an art connoisseur) —Su- perb! Simply elegant!», ?. Hostess—l’m glad you like it Soups are my hobby. The Guest—Oh, 1 meant the tureen. —Jewelers' Weekly. THE ROMAN WALL PICTURE ir.w MW . - Si, I HUM j was at first thought by archwologfate to be possibly a rude contemporary repre sentation of the crucifixion. According to an article by Dr. Albert Battandter in Cosmos, experts hare now quite abandon ed this view of the meaning of the picture, though they are not yet agreed about what it does represent. After quoting ths earlier theory of the Italian antiquarian Marucchl, the article to which reference has been made, Dr. Battandlcr goes on to say: “We must confess that the Impressions received at first sight have begun quickly to disappear. Other archaeologists see quite differently, and M. Marucchl him self has become leas positive, as the eha-- acters, having been washed repeatedly, come out mare clearly. It is now impos sible to defend the curliest explanations, and we are obliged to mourn the loss of a discovery that would have been valuable for many reasons, but useless for our Christian faith. The irospcls ought to suffice us. “Let us spook frat of the scene repre sented at the bottom of this series of graf fltte. There are, lu fact, a large number of inscriptions, one above the other, and we should be foolish to suppose that all must necessarily be on the same subject. We should observe first that the design is very rough. The part of it that is clearest represents perpendicular poets united by a transverse bar and forming a sort ot por tico, with ladders for mounting. Several of the persons represented have aunoo written over their heads, for the most part illegible ones. Thus we have Nostu lus, Eulogius, Secundus, ot, better, Jocun dus, and finally Pilatus, of which there remain only the syllables‘ll* and‘tus. ’ Higher up we find numerical signa ‘‘Now, the explanations of this scene are as numerous as they are hypothetical. “First of all, on account of a name that was thought to be ‘Creetus,’ at the begin ning of the graffitte, it was regarded as a view of the crucifixion. This Is what has given to the drawing its great notoriety and has already caused floods of ink to bo shed on the question. Others have seen in It a naval maneuver. The posts arc masts, only unfortunately there is neither ship nor sea. For others it is a mason's scaf folding, traced here as a kind of rough preliminary plan ot the proposed manner of doing some piece of work, but this does not account for the drawings of people and still less for the names written over their heads. Some archaeologists find here the preparations for an exhibition ot rope walkers or acrobats, and in this case the figures would represent the principal ac tors with their names written over their heads. It is probable also that it may be a representation of some imaginary scene traced by soldiers with plenty of leisure and not strong on perspective, who occu pied an idle hour in drawing a picture that had nothing real to correspond to it Fi nally, to close this series of interpretations with a note of humor, some have thought this to represent the preparations tor an exhibition of fireworks, as if powder had been invented at this epoch I “4-bove the scene there are numerous Inscriptions, and it has been noted already that these do not relate necessarily to the design placed below them. An attentive examination shows that most of the in scriptions <re not fit for ears polite. Os the words supposed to bo ‘Christ’ there remain only the letters CRE B. A holo In the wall has caused the intermediate letters to disappear. “We see how the discovery of there fa mous graffitti that have created such ex citement both at Rome and abroad appears at the present time. It would doubtless bays been very interesting if the first ver sion had been correct, but historical truth obliges us to confess that it was not. ** — Literary Digest. Spanish Pool. “Until we began to get into hot water with Spain,” said a naval officer, “the fa vorite game of men forward on American warships was Spanish pool, which is a game of checkers of a peculiarly intricate sort—so intricate that, after 12 years in the service and much careful watching of the game while officer of the deck, I couldn’t play a game of it now to save my soul. The enlisted men all played it, however, and greatly preferred it to the ordinary game of checkers, for It seems that Spanish pool is a game wherein you get quicker action for your brains in ma neuvering than you do in checkers. But I will venture to say that there has not l>oen a single game of Spanish pool played in the United States navy since the Maine disaster. X was attached to a ship on the Pacific home station when tno news was received aboard that the Maine had gons up in the air. After knock off work had been piped that day the Spanish pool fiends ‘broke out’ their oilcloth Spanish pool boards and rubber checkers as usual, and I watched them curiously to see if they would play Spanish pool. They didn’t. Without saying a word as to their reason for the switch, they all plunged into the game of ordinary checkers. This struck me as bring pretty significant at the time, as evidencing the opinion of the men for ward in our navy as to the cause of the Maine disaster.’’—Washington Star. Luxury Xu the WMdsresss. A press dispatch from London stetes that the Russian government has provided for the Siberian line a train de luxe, com posed of four splendid cars, built at Mos cow. There are an open saloon ear, a din ing oar, a bathroom, a library, telephone, electrio lighting, refrigerators and venti lating apparatus, piano, chessboards and means for gymnastic exercise. This will make the Pennsylvania and the New York Central and the other American origina tors of luxurious trains hide their heads In American passengers have pcrhsjs all the luxury that they have been taught to appreciate, but we must admit that Rus sia has beaten us. The first half dozen features at the Siberian train are familiar matim hero, even telephones bring at our command if we want them. Moreover, pianoshave been used in. American cars, and something even better than a chess board may be found in most smoking cars, even those used by the plebeian classes, but when it comes to gymnastics we give up. We have no better expedient than to stop 80 minutes and let the passengers walk up and down the station platform. Whether the Russian apparatus consists of a pair of 50 cent dumbbells or of only a 88 inch cahefa not stated.—Railroad Gazette. ■Zfj,-.':.- Patriotic. There was a remarkable instance of pa triotic action in City Hall park yesterday afternoon. The tramps who frequent the park held a meeting and unanimously re solved that while the war continued they would use no castilc soap.—New York TrlDllllfl ■ — I U ItTIM I Hril w w M w ‘ WfHMMBMifIUMMnaBiwJ i so. w « cl*i, 1 O. Jp ■ nJlolMw " ’•'* nlllu luu tiQVv A wavs Bought Preparation for As-I • Bears the / . ■ Signature y Xw IVomotcsDigcsUon.Chxrful- ■ X nessandltest.ContainsnciUw’ ■ A »a t Opmm.Morphine nor Mineral. ■ 01 NotNahcotic. ■ ... M aRVSW /Uiywiwi AbrJtaas * i IB BwV a i ■ a I n ) l/W X I| S P A perfect Remedy for Conslipa- Ml B tion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea. M I IBf A Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- Jf LnF* HtfOF ’ > oess and Loss OF Sleep, m IUI UvUI Signature of Tlli V NEW YORK. ■ 111 Illi IUO I O M tn, B IB EXACT COPY OF V/RAPPEB. 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