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I An Ordinance. An ordinance to preTent the spreading of diseases through the keeping and ex posing for rale ot second hand and cast ofl clothing, to provide for the disinfection ol such clothing by the Board ot Health ol the City of Griffln. to prescribe fees toi the disinfection and the proper regletrj thereof, and for other purposes. *1 83 I Sec. Ist Be it ordained by the Mayo and Council of the City of Grttß®, th from and after the passage of this or - nance, it shall be unla^for. wy person • aXr'X for sate hand or cast offXthlng within the corporate lim ila of the City of °ri®Xtadbv the Board C o f°Sh h “tSc<lyo«S.and the of said Board ot Health giving 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 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 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 thr 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 farther ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here with are hereby repealed,, An Ordinance.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 ot this ordinance, the fol owing rates will be charged for the rise of water per year: L Dwellings: One 1-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 fhrnished 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 wateY white 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 ne 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, afid they are not liable for any damages or re bate by reason of the same. 7. Upon application to the Water De partment, the city will tap mains and lay pipes to the sidewalk for $2.50; the rest of the piping must be done by a plumber at the consumers’ expense.; 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 stun of 25. cents be and the same is hereby imposed on each and every one hundred dollars ot real estate within the corporate limits of the 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 of the 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 Os 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 description as steted in section First of this ordinance, within the corpo rate limits of the city of Griffin for the payment of the public debt of the city and for the maintainance of a system of electric lights and water works. Section 3.—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 all 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 tetania of taxable property as herein pro vided in section First, Second and Third of this ordinance shall be double taied ai provided by the laws ot the state and th< clerk and treasurer shall issue execution accord ingly. Section s.—That all ordinances or part of ordinances militating against this ordi nce be and the same are hereby repeal ' .. iIT s Jte l » C^X P 2& u C. fall to cure, druggists refund mouej SACRIFICE. . . «n seems a dream—l cannot make it clear— That ’Mraabto yesterday, dear love, that then But one brief dayago Xfeltthy pulsing; breath. And this la death >f >r The world is changed; no, nothing, nothing's * I My soul is bathed in deepest, darkest night, _ I A few chert hours, and yet the sun’s bright ray * I Cannot transform my darkness into day. I- For freedom I Ab,.will Cuba ever know u How her redemption fills my life with woof p Be brave, O heart, like unto him who gave, r Aa thou, bis all, t suffering souls to save k -Rose Van B. Speece. 1- d THE ENGLISH NOT PROFANE. 8 g Little Bad Language In London Outside S of Petticoat Lane. e Little rough or rude language is used ® by the English. They even fight with out swearing and get very drunk and r noisy without employing strong lan r guage. They love to chaff and guy each e’ other, and the crowds and the street .- people who drive horses and peddle • goods and hang about the corners are a great deal wittier than most of ns give 8 them ciedit for being, but they seldom f resort to bad language. I never heard , much of it until I went to Petticoat , lane, and I know a woman who has f lived here two years and been constant-' a ly about town who tells me that in that 8 time she has only heard one oath from 1 an Englishman’s lips. The worst word 1 I heard in Petticoat lane was ‘ ‘ bloody. ” B That, however, is the worst word I r could have beard—in English opinion f it is the foulest word there is. I have 1 only heard one man use it and he did 1 not speak it. He was very angry, and > he spelled it. t lam telling you this becauseil know * that at home in America we associate ® it with the English and put it in Eng- B lishmen’s mouths in our anecdotes, as if it were a matter of course that it e should be used to give a local color to i an English story. Americans come here - and make use of the word for the comic value that they attach to it, and yet 1 : assure my readers that if they tried to think of any really disgusting term they had ever heard and made use of instead they could not more startle ot shock . these English ears. i English sailors have brought the - word ’’bloody” to our shores—sailors f and prizefighters and stablemen, and only such persons cling to it here. What we consider a very much fouler j word has a vastly wider circulation, but is not considered as bad as ) “bloody. ” All this is very strange and requires a native to explain it, especial -5 ly as “bloody” is merely the contrac } tion of the oath “by our Lady,” which 9 was more or less commonly used in the r ancient days when this was a Roman I Catholic country. L . The people who try to swear without 1 sweating—who in our country say r “bully chee” apd “by cripes,” all use 1 the word “blooming” over here. “I can’t very bloomin well make you buy . this bloomin thing, rbut I’ll ’ave a ? bloomin try at it,” is what I heard a street fakir say to a crowd the other day. There is no harm in that at all, and it is much more typically English r than the word “bloody,” besides being 3 decent. It is funny what mistakes nations 1 make about one another. Over here the - very smart thing in reporting the speech of us Americans is to make us all and r always call ourselves ’ ’ Amurricans. ” It 1 may be true of us. This whole nation i believes it But I never heard an Ampri'' lean so pronounce the name of our conn -8 try, and yet I’ve got a quick linguistic F ear, which is a thing the English utter -1 ly lack.—Julian Ralph in Providence Journal. A Really Historical Novel. , To produce a so called historical novel r has been attempted by many, but with indifferent success by the majority, so = far as history is concerned. Alike the best known and the most successful authors of this class are Scott Kings ley and Lytton. In grouping books of this type in an order of merit based on - their historical worth, it cannot be de- V nied that “The Last of the Barons” 1 should be awarded the first place, with 9 “Henry Esmond” and “Hereward the B Wake” bracketed as second. Victor i Hugo’s “L’Historie d’un Crime, ” which s has been called ’’the apotheosis of the i, special correspondent is a notable ex - ample of a contemporary history writ ten under a thin disguise of fiction. | Pearson’s Weekly. ) A Talented Hoose Agent. r Mrs. Homeseeker—You certainly a don’t expect anybody to take this house? [1 Why, the flours all run down hilL a Agent (a smart man)—lt was built ■- in that way on purpose, mum, to keep r peace in the family. Greatestdnvention F of the age, mum. Mrs. Homeseeker—Keep peace in the s family? What do you mean? n Agent—lt’s all right, mum; nothing i- like it Whenever your husband drops y his collar button, they’ll roll down to' 8 that wall, and he’ll always know where '■ to find ’em.—London Tit-Bits. Chinese Taxes Very Light. c The Chinese are perhaps the most g lightly taxed people in the world. In n China all the land belbngs to the state, i- and a trifling sum per acre—never alter y ed through long centuries —is paid as n rent This is the only tax in the coun *- try, and it amounts to about half a crown 8 per head yearly.—London News. 0 A Mean Trick. ® Smith— You say you write dunning e letters to yourself and sign them with j. fictitious names. What do you do that d for? is Jones—You see, my wife is always ie after me for money, and when she reads is those letters she becomes discouraged. London Fun. V ts li- Something In IL Miss Wellwood—Do you believe there is anything in love at first right? = Mr; Hardacre—Oh, yea. About nine times out of ten there’s a divorce Jn it sc. —Exchange. »■ ~ “ -'3 OUR DEBT TO —:—; Th® Part Thom Bnay Workers Piny la the 1 Fertllliatlon of Flowers. Barney Hoskin Standish writes an article on “The Bumblebee” for St I Nicholas. Mr. Standish says: The work o of the bumblebee in bringing about the « cross fertilization of flowers is as im- j portant as that of the honeybee, and , these two stand at the head of the UM . of insects useful in this respect Each ’ has its flowers which it alone visits, but there are many flowers on neutral ground visited by both. So we may say of the bumblebee, as of the honey- [ bee, the more bumblebees the more . seeds; the more seeds the more flowers , —especially wild flowers, as the tall * bellflower, touch me not Solomon’s seal, gentian, Dutchmen’s breeches and tur- 1 tie head. But probably the most impor- j tant work this insect does for agricul tore is upon tho fields of red clover. * There is abundant proof that this plant , will not produce seed without the co operation of the bumblebee. It is im- ( possible for the wind to bring about the f fertilization of the seed, as it may do in the case of Indian corn, grain and , some forest trees. The tube of red clo- ( ver blossoms, too, is so long that other insects (including the honeybee) are , not regular visitants. Here is proof that this plant must ( have visits from the bumblebee. This insect is not a native of Australia, and ( red oloyer failed to produce seed there until bumblebees were imported. As soon as they became numerous the plant could be depended upon ..for seed. Again, the blossoms of the first crop of the Median} Red clover of our own country are just as perfect as those of the second crop, but there are too few bumblebees in the field, so early in the season, to produce fertilization, hence little or no seed in this crop. If bumble bees were sufficiently numerous, there is no reason why much larger yields of 'clover seed might not be expected than at present. Here is what a well informed fanner says about it: “It was formerly thought that the world rested on the shoulders of Atlas. I can prove that its prosperity rests on the bumblebee. The world cannot pros per without the farmers’ product. The farm will not be productive without clover. We cannot raise clover without seed, and we cannot have clover seed Without the bumblebee, because it is this insect that carries the pollen from flower to flower, securing its develop ment and continuance. Let us learn to know and to protect our friends. ” TWO WAYS’OF LOOKING. If All Saw Things Alike, This Would Bs an Uninteresting World. “It is a pity that more of us cannot cultivate the twofold way of looking at things,” writes Edward W. Bok in The Ladies’ Home Journal. “There would be less friction in life if we did, and sweeter sympathy, kinder understand ing and broader and fuller living. The fact is that we never reach the dignity of true living unless we do learn this all important lesson. And that it may be cultivated admits of no doubt. It is simply a question of schooling Ourselves not to Condemn generally what indi vidually does not happen to be to our taste. If, for example, we prefer brown as a color, there is no reason on earth why we should condemn the taste of -any one who preferred to wear green. ' the vast majority of us need is to be a little more self poised, more judi cial, more willing to see good in the tastes of others, although they do not please our own particular fancies. It we all thought alike, read the same books, saw the same plays, wore the same col- - ors, this wqnld be an exceedingly unin teresting world. “We cannot see all things in the same way, but we can come near to justice and true respect by taking a two fold view of things while still retaining our strong individual views. Seeing-a possible good or use for everything does not necessairly mean a weak individu ality. The most uncomfortable people in the world are those who assert their judgments in a hard, decisive and final manner, as if they were courts of last resort. On the other hand, the bright est and best minds are those that have most respect for the opinions of others. ’ ’ Kemenyi and FompamiekeL “My first meeting with Bemenyi, ” says H. J. Cleveland, “was over a liv ery stable in Council Bluffs. A concert hall was there and he was to play. A ’ jackass in a stall beneath persistently brayed. Bemenyi would not play. I was on my way to Japan, or thought I was, and introduced myself to him after his 1 audience had been dismissed. He beg ged of me to find some pumpernickel for him. I searched Pearl street resorts 1 until I found some and took it to his room. He ate with satisfaction and then played for me, played until, boy as I 'f was, I cried. That was at 2 o’clock in ' the morning, and in a large hotel filled ’ with people. We had the halls filled with people in their nightrobes before that private concert ended. His love for pumpernickel was no more strange than j that of Janauschek for stale beer, and I have got many a pint of that for her after a most thrilling depiction of Mary, queen of -Spots. ’ ’ —Chicago Times-Her ald. • i 111 * ■’— l Sensible. , “Who is that I see you feeding near ly every night in the kitchen, Mollie?” “That’s my intended, the policeman, ma’am.” “Well, if he’s your intended, why k don’t you marry him?” “I’m waitin till his appetite goes B flown a bit, ma’am.” —Yonkers States ’ man. A Flswt AMivarMuy. Mr. Frankstown—Spiffin’s birthday ) comes next week. Let’s give a smoker 3 in his honor. Mr. Larimer—That’s the very thing. » Spiffins doesn’t use cigars and can’t bear the smell tobacco.—Pittsburg 1 Chronicle-Telegraph. - HE SAVED THE'MILK. It Baanlred OanitM to Do It, bat Be Was Bqaal te the Occmlob. “Talking about‘cows, ” said Andy Henderson, “I really think that I had one of the most peculiar experiences with the animals in question that ever befell a citizen of west Texas. It was soon after I went to El Paso, some ten years ago, and before I had got familiar with the vagaries of the El Paso cli lll.iit . “I had settled on a very pretty ranch some miles out of the progressive fron tier city and was doing nicely until I decided to go into the butter business. 4 > J sent east for a dozen fine Jersey cows and began operations. Well, the cows came on, and I hustled the butter busi ness from the jump Things progressed nicely for a month, when the weather grew very warm and the atmosphere very dry. The Rio Grande dwindled until a roach could have waded across. Every bit of moisture disappeared, but this did not affect me, because I had a fine artesian well on the ranch and plenty of water. 1 observed, however, that my cows wore losing milk day by day, until at last they were perfectly dry. I was astounded, for they had plenty of feed and lots of water from the well I couldn’t understand it and determined to investigate. “I got up an hour before daylight and examined tho cows, and, to my aston ishment, I found the udders of the cows heavy with milk. I did not milk the the animals, but simply watched and waited developments. Day dawned and the cows lazily meandered into the pas ture, and I followed. The sun came up, and with the sun came the terrible dry ness, but it didn’t feaze me in the least What knocked me out was the sight of my cows’ udders. They were growing smaller and smaller as I looked until they were as flaccid as a punctured tire. Then I tumbled. The dryness of the at mosphere simply evaporated the milk through the walls of the udder. “What did Ido? Why, I varnished the milking apparatus of the beasts and the milk couldn’t ooze through the flesh. That stopped it ’’—New Orleans Times-Democrat. A SENSE QF HUMOR. It I« a Precious Gift and Helps to Light en Life’s Way. I regard a sense of humor as one of the most precious gifts that can be vouchsafed to a human being. He is not necessarily a better man for having it, but he is a happier one. It renders him indifferent to good or bad fortune. It enables him to enjoy his own discomfi ture. Blessed with this sense he is never unduly elated or cast down. No one can ruffle his temper. No abuse disturbs his equanimity. Bores do not bore him. Humbugs do not humbug him. Solemn airs do not impose on him. Sentimental gush does not influence him. The follies of the moment have no hold on him. Titles and decorations are but childish baubles in his eyes. Prejudice does not warp his judgment. He is never in con ceit or out of concei with himself. He abhors all dogmatism. The world is a stage on which actors strut and fret for his edification and amusement, and he pursues the even current of his way, in vulnerable, doing what is right and proper according to his lights, but ut terly indifferent whether what he does finds approval or disapproval from oth ers. If Hamlet had had any sense of hu mor, he would not have been a nuisance to himself and to all surrounding him. —London Truth. Spending Money. It is an excellent thing to give chil dren as soon as they arrive at about 12 years, or even before, a little allowance for spending money and an account , book. Show them how to keep an ac count of small expenditures and make i it a condition that they do so if they wish to receive their allowance. There , is no instruction more necessary to chil . dren than instruction in the wise man ; agement of money. Children should be j taught early what true economy is and ,to exercise, their judgment—not their , fancy—in making purchases. A little i instruction now, and experience if need be, of the genuine discomforts of extrav agancamayAave them from much suf ' feringi in after years. New York He Had Clfged, A widow once called upon an artist , and asked him to paint a portrait of her hiisliand. “When can he sit?” inquire!, . the artist “He can’t rit at all,” said . the widow, “he’s dead.” “Then you [ will have to furnish me with his photo i graph,” said the artist “He never had 3 his picture taken,” said the widow, j Nevertheless the artist undertook the [ job, and when he had finished the work j he asked the widow to come and see it j < “It’s a fine picture,” said she, “and } you’ll please send it to my haute—but 3 how the old man has changed. ” -Bos r ton Hetraid. J H* Saw UM Play. . They were giving “She Stoops to Conquer” In a small provincial town. A penniless individual, anxious to see the play, stalked past the ticket office in a careless, independent sort of way. , When stopped and asked by what right he went in without paying, he replied: ’ “By what right! lam Oliver Gold , smith, the author of the piece they are going to perform!” y“Ah, beg pardon, sir, ” said the check taker, making a bow. s And Goldsmith walked in to see his k play.—London Answers. Why Is It Hver Thosf The whole crowd of men raved of her • r beauty. She was divine, they said, incompar ably divine, and gloriously beautiful Il ’ So she was, jast as they had said. But one man did not think so. * Her brother. Vim. .-. ~ 7 rr j lM For Infftnt* And Children. f ASTOR|4w The Kind You Have | u Always Bought niff | J Bears the t ;,; wl Signature Promotes DigesfiortCheerful- M nessandfestcontainsneithtt H A Jt | V Opram .Morphine nor Mineral. M U1 iw NotNahcotic. ■ ftVllf* S' Ift Jp‘ * n I?® J- Ms- A perfect Remedy for Constipa- HI ■ O' tion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea. 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