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s An ordinance to prevent the spreading
ft of diseases through the "keeping and ex
ft posing for sale of second hand and cast off
*■ clothing, to provide for the disinfection of
ft such clothing by the Board oi Health of
B the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for
j the disfniection and the proper registry
■ thereof, and for other purposes.
f Sec. Ist Be it ordained by" the Mayor
j 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, firm or corporation to keep
and expose for sale any second hand or
cast off clothing within the corporate lim
its of the City of Griffin, unless the said
clothing has been disinfected by the Board
of Health of the Chy of Griffin , and the
certificate 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 as depriving
individual citizens ot the right to sell or
otherwise dispose of their own or their
family wearing apparel, unless the same
isknown to have been subject to conta
geous diseases, in which event this oral*
nance shall apply.
Sec. 2nd. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That for eachgarment
disinfected by the Board 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 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 cento.
Sec. Brd. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That every person or
persons, firm or corporation convicted of
a violation of this ordinance, shall be fined
and sentenced not more than one hundred*
dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang,
either or both, in the discretion of the
Judge of the Criminal Court, for each of
fense. It shall be the duty of the police
force to see that this ordinance is strictly
enforced and report ■ all violations the
Board of Health.
Sec. 4th. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed.
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An Ordinance.
x 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 f-inch opening for subscribers'
use onlys 0.00
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 $ 1.00 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
partmeht, 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. j.
6. The Water Departmey 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 of the same, that
the sum 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 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
r iret of this ordinance, within the corpo
rate limits of the city of Griffin for the
P a^™ent the public debt of the city and
J? e mamtainance of a system of electric
hghtsand waterworks.
Section 3.—That the sum of 20 cents
oe and the same is hereby imposed upon
nfu? an / one hundred dollars valu
nf re s and personal nrcperty
d ?®criptions, as stated in section
rata t limn hiß r o Ji? ln ! anCe ’ withln tbe cor P°-
of the city of Griffin, for the
Th«ffe nce Byßtcm of public schools
K£™riW, Under thiß Bection not to
whatever 5 t6d f ° r any other P ur P oßc
Persons failing to make
vided in £. pro Per as herein pro-
Piret 'and Third
?rorid^bv a th^ Bhallbedouble taxed m
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be and tbe same are hereby repeal-
• Take Cn^ Ure Forever.
TILTING THE EARTH.
A Matter of Stafeßtiae tntereet, U NoO of
Practical Value.
M. Fouche, the vice president of the
French Astronomical society, has in
vented away of altering the present in
clination of the earth’s axis to the
ecliptic. What he wants to do it for is
not very clear. Perhaps, however, he
doesn’t want to do it and merely puts
forward his method as one possessing a
purely academic interest At all events,
it is worthy of the attention es com
pany promoters.
All that has to be done, as described
by Invention, is to dig an enormous cir
cular ditch, say, in Africa or South
America (its center must be on the
equator) and to fill it with sea water.
Fresh water will do if you can get
enough of it, but us the radius of the
ditch is to be a few hundred miles that
is hardly likely. Having got your ditch
full of sea water, nothing remains but
to make it race round and round in the
trench, whereupon the earth’s axis will
begin to point toward different quarters
of the heavens from those it indicates
at present. The amount of deviation
will depend on the radius of the ditch,
the amount of water it holds, the speed
at which the latter moves and the time
during which the motion is kept up.
We may suggest to M. Fouche that
when a sufficient sphere of French in
fluence has been secured in Africa he
might have a trench dug and then by
its, use get all the ice melted round each
of the present poles. French explorers
could then discover them, whereupon
the action of the trendy would be stop
ped and the present climatic conditions
restored. France could then remain as
long as she wished the only nation to
have reached the celebrated points on
the earth’s surface. As the digging of
the ditch will be very expensive we
make no charge for this suggestion.—
Invention.
A TOUCHY OLD COMMODORE.
InsHted on Kunnlnr Hl* Own Mnn-of-wnr
Even on Sunday*.
A story is told of an old commodore
at the Boston yard whose method of
measuring religious affairs was with
inexorable rule used for tem
jioral things. One Sunday morning he
Was aroused from his nap by something
out of the usual routine being announc
ed from the pulpit, and he sternly ad
dressed the chaplain with: “What’s
that? What’qthat?” The chaplain de
murely repeated the notice that “by or
der of the bishop of the diocese divine
service will be performed in this chapel
on Thursday evening next,” etc.
.“ By whose order?”
“By order of the bishop of the dio
cese, sir.”
“Well,” thundered the commodore,
“I’ll let you know that I am bishop of
this diocese, and when I want service
in this chapel I’ll let you know. Pipe
down,” and he cleared the chapel.
On one occasion he heard a different
voice in the pulpit from usual, and,
looking up, he asked: “Who is that up
there? Is that you, Billy MpMasters?”
“Yes, sir.”
(Billy was a religious foreman ia the
yard who sometimes helped the chap
lain along.)
“Come down out of that, ” thundered
the commodore. “When I want a relief
for the chaplain, I’ll appoint one. Don’t
you ever let me catch you up there
again,” and he cleared the chapel,
again.—“On a Man-of-War.”
The Poor Mother-in-law.
Mother-in-law stories are a drug on
the market, but this one seems to be a
little less druggy than usual.
A man and his wife went to Europe,
and the man’s mother-in-law went
along. Up to this point there is no nov
elty in the story.
On the voyage the mother-in-law fell
ill and died. Os course, she had to be
buried at sea, and so the usual canvas
sack was made, but instead of an iron
weight to sink the body they used a
bag of coal.
In commenting on the arrangements
afterward the bereaved son-in-law, who
stuttered badly, said:
“I—l always knew where m-m-m
--mother-in-law was g-going, but b-b
--blame me if I s-s-supposed she’d have
t-to carry her own f-f-fuell”—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Children m Grammarian*.
Two little tots of 4 and 5 years re
spectively, living out of town, were
anxiously awaiting the arrival of a fa
vorite uncle from whom they were ex
pecting a visit. The train came in, but
no.guest appeared, to the bitter disap
pointment of tbe little ones. .They fan
to their mother for consolation, the
younger one saying:
“Mamma, don’t you think Uncle
Ned oughter come?”
“You mustn’t say oughter; say
shooder, ” put in the 5-year-old, with
all the dignity that such a correction
would imply.—New York Tribune.
An English Joke.
Mother—Why don’t you play with
that American boy?
Boy—He tells stories.
Mother—He does?
Boy—Yes. He came from New York,
and he says he never saw anJndian or a
buffalo.—London Sun.
An Old EnglUh Pirm.
. For more than 300 years a drapery
business has been carried on in the same
building at Sheffield, under the title of
the Sign of the Crowne, and since 1750
the business has been conducted by one
family.
In fasting feats the sect of Jainu, in
India, is far ahead of all rivals. Fasts
of from 30 to 40 days are not uncom
mon.
Fifty years ago Austria had seven
cities with more than 20,000 inhabi
tants. Today there are 32.
Profanity is forbidden by both the
army and the navy regulations of the
United States.
THUMrplaßtlng Muscle*.
The wonders of surgery will, it seenut
never cease. Among the most important
achievements is the transplanting <A
muscles. This has been successfully
done in the case of a patient who had
for half a lifetime been unable to use
one leg on account of paralysis occur
ring in early childhood. The operation
is thus described: “A six inch longi
tudinal incision is made on the inner
side of the thigh, with the middle op
posite the top of the patella. The Sarto
rius is dissected out, cut off at its in
sertion, brought forward and attached
to the muscular fascia just above and a
little to the inner side of the patella.
* ‘ The attachment must be made firmly
by splitting the fascia and drawing the
muscle through, so that it becomes ad
herent to both inner and outer surfacea
Kangaroo tendon is used for sutures,
being the best material. The wound is
then closed, and the whole thigh is
bandaged, and finally a plaster of parts
bandage, or a long splint, is applied.
The patient is kept recumbent for two
weeks at least, gentle motion is com
menced at the end of three weeks, and
the plaster is entirely omitted at the
end of from five to six weeks. This op
eration has been performed several times
with great success, the only failures oc
curring where the muscles were imper
fectly attached. This state of things
was entirely remedied, however, in the
later operations.”—New York Ledger.
Guatemala.
Guatemala might easily sustain ten
times its present population. The soil is
rich and easily cultivated, and, unlike
the other Central ‘American republics,
there is pledty of labor. Some parts of
the country are quite thickly populated,
but the others are covered with dense
forests and a variety of timber, which
might be easily made "marketable if
means of transportation were provided.
But, although Guatemala is much
further advanced than the rest of Cen
tral America, her railway system does
not exceed 250 .miles; there is no inter
nal navigation, and the wagon roads are
in a deplorable condition. The mineral
wealth of the country is supposed to be
large, but it is only slightly developed.
The mines are inaccessible, and, in the
absence of modern machinery, which at
present cannot be conveyed to them,
cannot be worked with profit.
The government offers generous in
ducements to immigrants. The land
laws are liberal, and efforts have been
made from time to time to secure the
establishment of colonies and the pre
emption of public lands by private set
tlers. But all the accessible area is at
present occupied, and no foreigner can
expect to prosper in Guatemala unless he
has abundant capital which will enable
him to purchase at high prices planta
tions already developed.—Forum.
Hi* Own Composition.
A recent article in Le Figaro of Paris
is devoted to the American colony in
that city. It says that the colony has
always played the important and bril
liant role in society chiefly because
most of the Americans were “Ameri
caines.” “It is certain,” continues Le
Figaro, "that out of ten ‘Americaines’
residing in Paris there is but one Amer
ican. Affairs—‘business,’ as they say
over there—absorbs the sterner sex in
the United States. In that country the
men have neither the inclination nor
the opportunity for muoh leisure, and
only pay us very short visits.
“While their wives install themselves
here the ‘good’ husband only makes fly
ing visits and is very seldom referred
to in the elegant salons of the wives.”
The writer continues: “I was at an
official ball not long ago, where one of
them was the hero of a curious ‘his
toire. ’ He wore on the lapel of his coat
a brilliant star, which struck me as
original and somewhat curious in form.
Although very artistic, the order was
unknown to me. Some indiscreet per
son interrogated the Yankee as to what
order it was. The Yankee replied in a
phlegmatic tone, ‘lt is my own compo
sition. ’ ”
Superstitious Bonaparte*.
The Bonapartes always were super
stitious, especially the mother of Napo
leon. She always had a presentiment
that the rise and fall of her family
would occur Ifi the same century, that
the glory which was prophesied for
them would be followed by disaster.
And the prediction was verified. She
died in her eighty-seventh year, having
lived long enough to see the downfall
of all her children.
Napoleon I always feared Dec. 2 aa
an unlucky day, and it is related of him
that before every important battle he
would throw dice to ascertain if he
were to loee or win. The “red men”
whom he always saw going to battle
with him was a delusion that caused
him much suffering.—Toronto Saturday
Night _£
Net Worried About That.
Her Father—Well, if you are deter
mined to marry my daughter, I shall
offer no objections, but before you take
this irrevocable step I think it is only
right to let you know that I have de
cided to leave all my money to educa
tional and charitable institutions.
Glib Suitor—Oh, that’s all right
I’ve got proof that you bet on a bicycle
road race onoe. It’ll be easy enough to
show that you’re of unsound mind.—
Chicago News. ’
An Indication.
“He, ” said the fond but firm father,
•is, I fear, a young man of extravagant
Mates.”
“Yes,” the daughter admitted, “he
wants me for a wife. ’ ’ —Cincinnati En
quirer.
The largest coffee plantation in Bra
zil and perhaps in the world is the Du
mont plantation, established by a
Frenchman in the state of Minas Ge
raes. The number of coffee plants in
1896 was 4,718,000.
The first sermon in Maine was deliv
cred at Monhegan Aug. 9. 1607.
” The wise one was ( plaining to the
other that the bat cannot see in tbe day
time. It was in the basement of a but
ter, eggs and chicken place on Washing
ton street.
“You see,” he said, as he stuck his
finger close to the wide open eyes of tbe
bat, “he can’t see a thing. Nowwateh.”
Ho jabbed his finger into the eyeball
of the unsuspecting little victim, which
at once threw up its wings and hopped
to the farther end of the perch.
But the wise man was not satisfied.
He wanted to demonstrate his knowl
edge still further.
“No, he can’t see a bit,” he said,
jabbing his finger the second time into
the staring eye.
“See,” ho said, ns he repeated his
demonstration.
.The bat in the meantime was flap l- ,
ping its wings excitedly and trying tq
grope its way to safety.
“That's a peculiar thing about owls
and bets,” the wise one went on, “that,
they can see only in the nighttime.
Now, you just watch for yourself.”
Again he tortured the frightened night
bird.
By this time the worm turned. The
bat fought back, and by a quick move
ment caught the torturing finger in its
beak. The wise man jerked his hand
away, and with a loud “Ouch I” put
the digit into his own 'mouth to suck
the blood.
"Yes, I see,” said his friend.—Chi
cago Journal.
French Local Papera.
The French local papers are the
merest rags, conducted in many cases
by people who appear to be totally
ignorant of everything that goes on out
side their own department. The result
is. that the most extraordinary state
ments appear. In a paper local to the
Riviera there once appeared the an
nouncement:
“Cowardly attempt on the life of a
president Mr. Jamesson has been ar
rested for the attempted assassination
of M. Johannes Burg, the president of
the Transvaal republic.” This was at
the time of the Jamieson raid.
This same paper recently noted the
arrival of “Lady Killarny” on the Ri
viera and added that “Lady Killarney”
was a daughter of the Prince of Wales
who had married an Irish nobleman of
high rank and had been obliged to re
nounce all her royal rights in order to
do so. This was why she did not go to
the same place as the queen or the
Princess of Wales. “Lady Killarney”
was the Duchess of York.
Another French local paper of equal
standing once announced that “Lord
Balfour, president of the Liberator club
and son-in-law of Lord Salisbury, ” had
been imprisoned by “Sir Gladstone” in
the Tower of London. —London Graphic.
Swallowing Salt Water.
One of the most beneficial features of
a sea bath is the salt water inadvertent
ly swallowed by bathers. It is a won
derful tonic for the liver, stomach and
kidneys. In many cases it will cure
biliousness when all drug preparations
have failed. It is peculiarly effective in
ordinary cases of indigestion, disordered
stomach and insomnia, and has been
known to produce excellent results in
many cases of dyspepsia.
Glean sea water is full of tonic and
sedative properties. It won’t hurt any
body. Indeed, two or three big swal
lows of it would be of positive benefit
to nine bathers out of ten. It is not of
course a palatable or tempting dose to
take, but neither is quinine nor calomel
You seldom if ever see an old sailor
who is bilious or dyspeptic or a victim
to insomnia, and why? For the reason
that an ocean of good medicine spreads
all about his sky, and he doses himself
copiously with it whenever his physical
mechanism becomes the least bit de
ranged.—Washington Star.
Tbe Humidity Meter.
The amount of moisture present or
the humidity of the air is determined
by a comparison of dry and wet bulb
thermometers. They are both ordinary
thermometers, but the bulb of the latter
is covered with muslin that is wet. In
the latest form of instrument the ther
mometers are mounted on arms carried
by a shaft that is rotated by a crank
which is geared to the shaft The mo
tion of the shaft rotates the thermome
ters in vertical planes and causes the
water in the muslin to evaporate more
or less rapidly, according to the amount
of pioisture in the air. This evaporation
lowers the temperature of the thermom
eter, and from tables constructed after
long experiments the degree of moisture
can be determined by the difference in
temperature between Hie two thermom
eters. —E. J. Prindle in Popular Science.
Wmhinff In Hard Water.
It is difficult to wash our hands clean
with hard water, because the soda of
the soap combines with the sulphnrio
acid of the hard water and the oil of
(he soap with the lime and floats in
flakes on the top of the water. Sulphate
of limo consists of sulphuric acid and
lime. It is difficult to wash in salt wa
ter because it contains muriatic acid,
and the soda of soap combines with the
muriatic acid of the salt water and pro
duces a cloudiness.
He Knew Inter.
“It is a pretty name, ” the impres
sionable traveler murmured. “But tell
me, why do they call you Manita?”
There wae an arch smile on the sav
age maiden's face:
“Evidently, ” she said, as she signal
ed to her brothers, who were concealed
in the bush with clubs, "you do not
know our favorite food.’’—Harlem Life.
Knew BUm.
Boy—Mr. Smitten wants to know if
you’ll lend him an umbrella. He says
you know him.
“You may say that I do know him.
He will probably understand why you
didn't bring the umbrella. ’* —Boston
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