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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ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here with are hereby repealed. —. 1,if...1 ■ . ' 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 nSs ® 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. 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