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An Ordinance.
An ordinance to prevent the
of diseases through the keepingandex
noting for sale oi second hand and cast off
clothing, to provide for the disinfection of
such clothing by the Board of Healthof
'the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for
the disinfection and the proper registry
and Connell of the City of ?»«.“•
from and after the passage of
nance, it shall be unlawTalfor any person
cast oFdpthing within the corporate lim
os of Griffin, and the
auinfooted by them has been filed in the
SKtheClerßand Treasurer of the
City of Griffin; provided nothing herein
contained shall be construed as depriving
individual citizens of the right to sell or
otherwise dispose of their own or their
family wearing apparel, unless the same
is known to have been subject to conta
geous diseases, in which event this ordi
nance shall apply.
Sec. 2nd. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That for each garment
disinfected by the Hoard of Health of
Griffin, there shall be paid in advance to
said board the actual cost cf disinfecting
the said garments, and for the issuing of
the certificate required by this ordinance
the sum of twenty-five cents, and to the
Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Griffin
for the registry of said certificate the sum
of fifty cents.
Sec. 3rd. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That every person or
persons, firm or corporation convicted of
a violation of this ordinance, shall be fined
and sentenced not more titan one hundred
dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang,
either or both, in the discretion of the
Judge of the Criminal Court, fir 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with are hereby repealed.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 ol the City of Griffin, That from and
after the passage ot this ordinance, the fol
owing rates will be charged for the use of
water per year: "■
1. Dwellings:
One f-inch opening for subscribers'
use only $ 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet or bath 3.00
Livery stables, bars, soda founts and
photograph galleries 24.00
Each additional opening.... .... 6.00
2. Meters will be furnished at the city's
expense, at the rate of SI.OO per ,year
rental of same, paid in advance. A mini
mum of SI.OO per month will be charged
for water While,the meter is on the service.
The reading of the meters will be held
proof of use of water, but should meter
fail to register, the bill will be averaged
from twelve preceding months.
3. 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 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.;
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 ol the same, that
the sum of 25 cents be and the same is
hereby imposed on each and every one
hundred dollars of 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 npon 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 of the city of Griffin for the
payment of the public debt of the 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 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
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 are hereby repeal
cd.
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THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS.
Elizabeth Flint Wade has an Ulna
trated paper on<iPhotography—lts Mar
tels” in St. NioEWas. The anther says:
Ths first accounts of this great dis
covery are very entertaining reading.
Professor Morse, the inventor of ths
telegraph, was in Paris when the news
was published, and at once went to see
Daguerre’s wonderful pictures. In de
scribing them afterward he said that
moving objects made no impression on
the plate, for a picture taken of a
crowded boufikard showed it as if an*
tirely deserted, with the exception of a
marl having his shoes polished." The
man’s feet, he said, were well defined,
because they were kept stationary, but
he was without head or body, for these
were in motion.
To America belongs the honor of
making the first photographic portrait,
the artist being Professor John Draper,
a professor and afterward the president
of tha University of New York. Hie
victim was his sister, Miss Catherine
Draper. He powdered her face, that the
likeness might be more quickly im
pressed on the sensitive plate, and for
80 minutes Miss Draper sat—or, at
least, tried to sit—as immovable as a
statue.
The first class in photography was
formed in Boston in the spring of 1840
by Daguerre’s agent, Gourad of Paris.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, then a
student in Harvard, became an enthusi
astic member of the class. In his diary,
hfider date of April 1, 1840, is this en
try: “On my way home I stopped at the
shop and got my daguerreotype ther
mometer. There seems to be a great de
mand; there were three or four others
there.”' ,
THE RICH RUSSIAN.
He Hu a Weakness For an Army of Fam
ily Servant*.
We were a family of 8, occasionally
of 10 or 12 says Prince Kropotkin in
The Atlantic, but 60 servants at Mos
cow, and half as many more in the
country, were considered not one too
many. Four coachmen to attend a dozen
horses, three cooks for the masters and
two more for the servants, a dozen men
to wait upon us at dinner time—one
man, plate in hand, standing behind
each person seated at the table—and
girls innumerable in the maidservants*
room, but how could any one do with
less than this?
Besides, the ambition of every landed
proprietor Was that everything required
for his household should be made at
home by his “own” men.
“How nicely your piano is always
tuned. I suppose Herr Schimmel must
be your tuner?” one of the visitors
would remark..
To be able to answer, “I have my
own piano tuner, ” was in those times
the correct thing.
“What beautiful pastry!” the guests
would exclaim when a work of art,
composed of ices and pastry, appeared
toward the end of the dinner. “Confess,
prince, that it comes from Tremble”
(the fashionable pastry cook).
“It is my own confectioner, a pupil
of Tremble, whom I have allowed to
show what he can do,” was the reply
which elicited general admiration.
To have embroideries, harnesses, fur
niture—in fact everything—made by
one’s “own” men was the ideal of the
rich and respected landed proprietor.
Bismarck u Dr. Jekyll.
No greater contrast could possibly be
imagined-than that which existed be
tween the Bismarck of private life and
the Bismarck of politics. “In the home
circle,” writes a correspondent who
knew him well, “he was perfectly
charming, easy going and goodnatured.
He was passionately fond of children,
and I have seen him over and over again
have a game with the little ones of his
gardener, who were very familiar with
him and would not hesitate to climb
upon his knee.
“Once when his gardener’s little girl
died the great statesman went to con
dole with him. He was dreadfully up
set and while holding the poor father’s
hand burst into tears, for he was very
fond of the child. He kissed the little
corpse and himself placed a bunch of
roses in its hand. He was always eager
to assist his poorer neighbors and en
joyed chatting with them on all sub
jects but politics.' These he never men
tioned.”—London Chronicle.
The Profeasor’* Wisdom.
The stern professor of the feminine
preparatory school sat at his desk try
ing to unravel a knotty problem when
a fluffy haired miss of 16 approached.
“Please, sir,” she began in a tremu
lous voice, “will you grant me permis
sion to go out riding with my brother
this afternoon?”
Now, the old man had not forgotten
the days of his youth, neither was [he a
fool, and looking over his spectacles he
slowly said:
“So you want to go riding with your
brother, do you? By the way, is this
brother of yours any relation to you?"
—Chicago News.
Servian Marriage*.
Servian men do not marry for love,
but to secure an additional worker for
the household, so‘ very young men mar
ry women several years older than
themselves, as girls are less experienced
in housework. In the lower and mid
dle classes women are always helped
last, and may not sit down unbidden in
the presence of the men.
There are only 8,842 left of the Ainos
of Japan—the “Indians” of that coun
try. Nearly all of them live on the*
northern island of Yezo.
It has been estimated that it wouldi
take a man 3,000 years to read all the 1
standard works.
The British postoffice makes 820,000
a year by unclaimed money orders.
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STREET GAMIN IN REAL LIFE.
Wo* Bo Nobl* In Charaeter a* th* Story
Writer* Picture Ilian.
“I have read a good many stories,"
said the city man, “about the honest
newslxjy who chases a man three blocks
to return the *6 goldpiece given in
mistake for a nickel, the sympathetic
bootblack who protects the widow’s
son. or the heroic street gamin who
gefl run over by a dray while rescuing
another boy and murmurs, ‘ls Jimmy
all right?’ and then dies. I have oome
to the conclusion that these stories are
written by girls fresh from school or
refined old maids Who live in a village,
and they are read by men who thought
fully stick the ■ tongue into the cheek
while reading. Yet there are men who
read and believe.
> “Lsaw one of this class the other day
who went to the rescue of a bootblack
who was trying to fix his broken box.
“ ‘My lad,’ said the good man—they
always call them ‘lads’ in there stories
—‘you are in trouble. Let me assist
you.’
“Then he knelt on the sidewalk in
his good clothes, used a half brick for
a hammer, raked up some twine from
hid pocket and after 16 minutes’ hard
work made a creditable job. Mean
while about 30 street boys gathered
around. One slipped a piece of old iron
into his pocket, the grateful bootblack
with a bit of chalk decorated his back
with a hideous caricature, his hat was
knocked into the gutter as be arose,
and one of the boys accused "him of
stealing a ‘dabber. ’
“The man flushed with natnral in
dignation, and immediately there arose
a whoop of derision, and as he strode
away he was guyed-by the whole crowd
for two blocks. While in this frame of
mind it would have done him good to
have interviewed some of the ladies
who write the picturesque tales about
the imaginary street boys.”—Chicago
Times-Herald.
PANBESA’S LETTER.
An Account of an Egyptian City Thirty
Centuries Ago.
Probably the oldest letter in the
world is the letter of Panbesa, written
16 centuries before Christ to his friend
Amenemapt, a scribe.
The manuscript is of perishable papy
rus, and it is amazing that it should
have survived for more than 80 cen
turies and still be legible.
It is preserved in the collection of the
British museum. It has been several
times translated during the present cen
tury. It presents an interesting picture
of life in Egypt in the time of Ramoses
IL It is more in the nature of a literary
production, a poem composed in cele
bration of the visit of Pharaoh to the
city of Pa-Rameses, than an ordinary
letter of today.
Panbesa “greets his lord, the scribe
Amenemapt, to whom be life, health
and strength, ” and then goes on to de
scribe the verdant fields, the thrashing
floors, the vineyards, the groves of
olives, the orchards of figs, the great
daily markets, with their fish and wa
terfowl and swarms of purchasers.
The citizens had their “sweet wine
of Khemi, pomegranato wine and wine
from the vineyards,” and to these they
added “beer of Kati.”
There was music in plenty furnished
by the singers of the school of Memphis.
On the whole, Pa-Rameses seems to
have been a pleasant place to live in.
“The lesser folk are there equal with
the great folk,” and Panbesa writes
that its maidens were “in holiday at
tire every day” with locks “redolent
of perfumed oil. ” —Washington Star.
A Method In Hl* Manner.
It was raining cats and dogs outside,
and the Columbus avenue car was
crowded. A young woman stood looking
from one seated man to another, but the
men would not budge. She looked tim
idly, then appealingly, then daggers,
but they did not care.
Finally the worst dressed and rough
est looking man in the car got up.
“Here is a seat for you, mum,” he
said suavely.
“Oh, thank you ever so much,” said
the young lady, shooting glances at the
other men which said, “You are gentle
men, but this uneducated laborer could
give you a lesson in manners. ”
Presently she was shifting about on
her seat, shielding now her face, now
her white stand up collar and looking,
with a troubled face, at a point in the
ceiling from which the water came
down at irregular intervals in splashes
as big as a cent
The well dressed men buried their
smiles in their newspapers. The labor
er, now ensconced in a corner near the
driver, gave his vis-a-vis a wink.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Gooseberries on Trees.
Travelers in Burma see many strange
things, and perhaps one of the strangest
is the way in which some kinds of fruit
grow. l
For instance, gooseberries that at
home grow on small bushes in this part
of the world grow on trees over 25 feet
high. They are not a soft, pulpy fruit,
but are as hard as marbles.
The real Burman grapes also grow
on high trees and not on vines. They
hang from the branches and trunk of
the tree in clusters on a long stalk and
are oaverad with a thick enter skin,
which cannot be eaten.
The cachou, or monkey nut, is also
peculiar and consists of a large, juicy
fruit of soft pulp, with its nut or kernel
attached to the outside of the fruit at
the end farthest from the stalk from
which it hangs.—London Standard.
A Logical Conclusion.
In a recent Walla Walla divorce suit,
in which the defendant failed to ap
pear, the referee made the following re
port:
“The plaintiff appearing in person
and by her attorney, and the defendant
not appearing and no one appearing far
him, therefore he did not appear.”—
Walla Walla Statesman.
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RHYME OF RHYMES.
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Wild on the mountain peak th* wind
Repeat* it* old refrain.
Like ghost* of mortal* who tar* sinned
And tain would »in again.
For “wind” 1 do not rhym* t* "mind.’
Like many mortal men.
“*Again” (when on* reflects* ’tw*re kind
To rhyme a* it “agon.”
I never met a sing)* soul
Who spoke of "wind" a* “wined. *
And yet w* nse it, on the whole.
To rhyme to "find" and "Hind."
We *ay, “Now don’t do that agaa,"
When people give na pain.
In poetry, nine tinea in ten,
It rhyme* to "Spain" or "Dana."
Oh, which is wrong or which is right!
Oh, which la right or wrong!
The sound in prose familiar quit*
Or those we meet in song !
To hold that• ’lore” can rhyme to "prore'
Require* some force of will,
Tet in the ancient lyric groove
We meet them rhyming stilt
Thia waa our loomed fathers’ wont
In prehistoric times.
We follow It, or it we don't
We oft run short of rhyme*.
—Andrew Lang in Longman** Magazine
DICK’S GOOD TIME.
A Vary Human Boy Enjoying Hi* Well
Earned Reward.
A portly gentleman sat on the porch
and smiled while a small boy, also
smiling, painted the front fence.
. “Look at that boy,” the portly man
remarked to a visitor.' “He thinks he
is having a good time. A small boy is
surely the drollest creature on earth.
When I was a youngster, I remember
that there were certain kinds of work I
considered play, and one of them was
painting. I was always crazy to paint.
Many times I have taken a bucket of
muddy water and an old paint brush
and have spent a whole half day put
ting a thick coat on the side 6t my fa
ther’s barn.
“So with my boy Dick, the little
chap painting the fenoe. He hks always
been crazy to paint He is enjoying
himself now—you can see he is, and he
will paint that whc,e fence, too, just
as well as he knows how. I don’t care
if it is a trifle smeared. He’s getting
joy, solid joy, thicker than the paint
on his hands and clothes.
“There’s a mean side to it too. He
wanted to paint the fence, and I wanted
the weeds pulled out of the yard. So,
like an underhanded rascal, I bargained
with him. I told him that if he would
pull all the weeds out I would let him
paint the fence. He went through the
other job like a soldier—he hates to
pull weeds; all boys do—and now he
thinks he is getting his reward. It is a
downright shame to fool him that way,
don’t you think so?”
The portly gentleman chuckled again,
and the small boy, wild with joy, went
on plastering paint on the fence.—De
troit Free Press.
Crowing the Threshold.
Crossing the threshold was and is
thj most critical period of the wedding
day with all races, not even excepting
the Anglo-Saxon.
The superstitious fears of the many,
always particularly alert on the occa
sion of a marriage, culminate in this
final act of the drama. The lifting of
the bride over the threshold or her step
ping across it is the signal in Persia,
Arabia and among the Oopts of Egypt
for the sacrifice of a goat or a sheep.
Among the Aenezes, according to
Burckhardt, the bridegroom simply
kills a lamb*in front of his father-in
law’s tent, and the ceremony, but for
the running of the bride from one tent
to another, is complete. Perhaps the
purest symbolical act is that of the
Transylvanian Saxon bridal pair, who
step over the threshold with their hands
tied together. Some of these Transyl
vanian customs are remarkable and
must be survivals from a very ancient
period. The bridegroom never wears
the shirt made for him by the bride ex
cept on his wedding day and at his
burial, just as the veil of the Japanese
bride becomes one day her shroud.—
London Spectator.
' He Got the Mustard.
It was in the army. The boys had a
meal of beef that had been corned by a
bath in a salt horse barrel. It was quite
a treat. They all thought so until one
of the party remarked, “A little mus
tard wouldn’t go bad.”
“That reminds me,” said another.
“You just wait a few minutes.” A
quarter of an hour later he returned
and, producing a screw of paper, he
said: “Oh, yes. Here’s that mustard. ”
“Where did you get it?” said the
others in chorus.
“Up at the surgeon’s. The sick call,
you remember, sounded as we were
tailring about the mustard. It occurred
to me that a little mustard for my lame
back would be just the thing. ”
“But you haven’t got any lame
back.”
“But I have got the mustard.”
Philadelphia Press.
Know* Them Too Well.
Mrs. Brown—What a curious man
Mr. Skowler is. He never takes the
least notice of children. He actually
seems to dislike them.
Mr. Brown—Yes. Skowler is the
man who takes babies’ pictures at
Smiler’s studio. &is his business, you
know,' to make the little one* look
pleasant—Boston Transcript
Delicately Put.
He Would not flay that she painted,
powdered and all that He was too
much of a gentleman for that
“Still I may as well confess,” be
said, “that she impressed me as one
who thinks die mn improve upon the
Lord’s handiwork.”—Chicago Post.
In the number of murders Italy leads
Europe. In the number of suicides Rus
sia is ahead.
The trade between Japan and For
mesa has more than quintupled since
1896. 5T !
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