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An Ordinance.
An ordinance to prevent the spreading
of diseases through the , kw £ in K
noaiOK for sale of second hand and cast on
clothing, to provide for the disinfection of
such ctothing by the Board °* He ? lth r °*
the City ofGriffln, to prescribe feet i for
the disinsection and the proper registry
thereof, and for other pusposes.
Sec. Ist. Be it ordained by the M»yor
and Council ofthe City of G r ®“>
from And after the passage °f this ordi
nance it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons, firm or corporation to keep
* .ndoTnoiU for sale any second hand or
cMt offdothing "’‘Hn nthe ®° r P°f? te li ®;
iuofthe City of Griffin, unless the said
has been disinfected by the Board
“the City 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 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 applyi
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 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 than one hundred
dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang,
either or both, in the discretion ofthe
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with are hereby repealed.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 ot this ordinance, the fol
owing rates will be charged for the use
water per year:
1. Dwellings:
One f-inch opening for subscribers’
use only $ 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet or bath J w 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..lsc 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.
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; tbe 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 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 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 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 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
ofall 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 ftmds 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, Sec'nd 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 agfinst this ordi
nance be and the same are hereby repeal
ed.
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MAKING WOOD ALCOHOL.
The Deadly Sabetaaee That Thirsty
Topers Sometlaten Drlaic.
It is necessary first to convert wood
into liquid. The strongest hydraulic
pressure would not squeeze one-half of
1 per cent of tbe moisture from dry
wood, but by putting the same material
into an iron retort and converting it
into charcoal by means of heat the gases
and smoke, to tbe extent of fully 65 per
cent of the weight of the wood, may be
condensed into pyroligneous acid, from
which are obtained wood alcohol, acetate
of lime and wood tara A cord of wood
weighing 4,000 pounds produces about
2,650 pounds of pyroligneous acid and
700 pounds of charcoal. The pyroligne
ous acid from one cord of wood pro
duces 9 gallons of 82 per cxnt crude
wood alcohol, 200 pounds of Acetate of
lime and about 25 gallons of tar, besides
35 bushels of charcoal. After the pyro
ligneous acid is neutralized with lime
the wood alcohol is distilled off, the
lime holding the acetic acid in solution.
After the separation of the wood spirit
the remaining liquid is boiled down in
pans to a sugar, which is dried, and be
comes the acetate of lime of commerce.
Acetate of lime is used for making acetic
acid.
Fully three-fifths ot all the wood al
cohol and acetate of lime produced in
the world are made in the United States.
Over 15,000 acres of forest per year are
cleared in the United States. Wood al
cohol affords a perfect substitute for
grain alcohol for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, and at less than
one-third the cost. It isused principally
as a solvent in tbe making of shellac
varnish and in making celluloid and*
photographic paper. It makes beautiful.
dye tints, is antiseptic and is used for
liniments and for skin rubbing in. bath*
houses.—Wine and Spirit Gazette.
LOCATING A COUPLET.
A Familiar Quotation Ascribed to
Butler la Placed.
Few popular quotations have more
engaged the pens of critics than the fol
lowing:
For he that fights and runs away
Will live to another day.
These lines are almost universally
supposed to form a part of “Hudibras, ”
and so confident have even scholars been
on the subject that in 1784 a wager was
made at Bootle of 20 to 1 that they
were to be found in that inimitable
poem. Dodsley was referred to as the
arbiter, when he ridiculed the idea of
consulting him on the subject, saying,
“Every fool knows they are in ‘Hudi
bras.* ”
George Selwyn, who was present,
said to Dodsley, “Pray, sir, will you be
good enough, then, to inform an old fool,
who is at the same time your wise
Worship’s very humble servant, in what
canto they are to be found?”
Dodsley took down the volume, but
he could not find the passage. The next
day came, with no better success, and
the sage bibliophile was obliged to con
fess “that a man might be ignorant of
the author of this well known couplet
without being absolutely a fool. ” But
ler has indeed two or three passages
somewhat similar. The one that comes
nearest is the following, in “Hudibras, ”
book 8, canto 8, verse 248:
For those that fly may fight again,
Which he can never do that’s slain.
The fact, however, is that the couplet,
thus erroneously ascribed to the author
of “Hudibras,” occurs in a small
ume of miscellaneous poems by Sir John
Mennes, written in the reign of Charles
H—Exchange.
In the Wroaf Place.
A characteristic story of General Scott
is told in connection with the sword
presented to him by the state of Louis
iana, through the legislature, at the
close of the Mexican war.
He was accosted one day by a man
who said: “General Scott, I had the
honor of doing most of the work on the
sword presented to you by the state of
Louisiana. I should like to ask if it
was just as you would have chosen. ”
“It’s a very fine sword, sir, ft very
fine sword indeed,” said the general.
“I am proud to have it. There is only
one thing I should have preferred differ
ent The inscription should have been
on the blade, sir. The scabbard may be
taken from us, but the sword, never!”
The sword cost about (500, the prin
cipal expense being in the scabbard,
which was richly chased and ornament
ed.—Exchange.
Incident of Trolley Travel.
“What the dash are you here for?”
said an angry passenger, stepping down
slowly from the footboard of a trolley
car. He thought the conductor should
have looked out for him and stopped the
car where he wanted to get off, a block
back.
“I’ll show you what I’m here for,”
said the conductor, reaching for the
belloord (ting, ting!) as he spoke, and
“Zip, zip, zip,” came the sound of
the motorman’s lever turning in the
notches, and
“Bz-z-zz-zz-zz!” sang the trolley,
and before he knew it the passenger
found himself standing alone in the
middle of the road.—New York Sun.
Method.
“No,” said Senator Sorghum, with
■ emphasis, “I can’t talk for publication
today.”
“But, senator, in all the years of our
acquaintance this is the first time you
ever declined to let me quote you. ’*
“I don’t want you not to quote me.
I want you to say I decline to be inter
viewed. This is confidential. I’ve con
cluded it’s time for me to act as if I’d
got to be so important that I dasn’t talk
for fear of giving somethin big away. ”
—Washington Star.
Pninfel Operation.
“Is that fellovrreally a painless den- ,:
tist?”
“Almoet. The only pain 1 suffered
was when he extracted his fees.”—
dianapolis Journal.
A REPRESENTATIVE PIRATE.
Captain Kidd Wan Vttarly Withes* Aag
Sssss of Hanar. w -
It is said that Kidd showed no re
pentance when he was tried, but insist
ed that he was the victim of maHeiowi
persons who swore falsely against him,
and yet a more thoroughly dishonest
rascal never sailed underlie blaokflag.
In the guise of an MMtited offinbr of
the government hte cMMtted the cftmes
he was sent out to m>smsa He,deriv
ed his men. He rabMLMbd misMMMBs
fellow countrymen and his Mends, and
he even descended to the meanness of
cheating and despoiling the natives of
the West India islands with whom he
traded. There people Were in the habit
of supplying pirates with food and other
necessaries, and they always found their
rough customers entirely honest and
willing to pay for what they received,
for as the pirates made a practice ks
stopping at certain points for supplies
they wished of course to be on good
terms with those who furnished them.
But Kidd had no ideas of honor toward
people of high or low degree. He would
trade with the natives aa if he intended
to treat them fairly and pay for all he
got, but when the time Came for him to
depart and he was ready to weigh an
chor he would seise all the commodi
ties he could lay his hands on and
without paying a oopperto the distress
ed and indignant Indians he would gay
ly sail away, his black flag flaunting
derisively in tfie wiud.
But although ih realftyCaptain Kidd
itabrno hero, he has been known for a
century and more aS tbe great American
pirate, and hit name has been repre
sentative of piracy ever since. Years
after he had been-Irting, when people
heard that a vessel with a black flag
or one which looked black in the dis
tance*—flying from its rigging had been
seen, they <fergot that the famous pirate
was dead and Imagined that Captain
Kidd was visiting their part of the coast
in order that he might find a good place
to bury some treasure which it was no
longer safe for him to carry about.—
Frank R. Stockton in Century.
RARE OLD DISHES.
Wsltd OroMhoppcM and Seorplooa DeUeo
ele« of the Arab* Ixniff A<o.
An erudite Egyptian writes in The
Revue des Revues of the diet of the an
cient Arabs. Dog meat, it appears, was
one of their favorite dishes, and young
dogs were as precious in old times among
the Arabs as spring chickens are among
the people of today. They were also
fond of oat meat The flesh of a black
cat had the virtues of curing them of
'the effects of a hoodoo and the evil eye
Fried grasshoppers and scorpions also
formed a very choice dish. The natural
ist, Al-Djahey, who lived Ist the tenth
century, speaks of his visit to the Ara
bian tribes of Bassorthabd of his sur
prise on discovering that they did not
eat grasshoppers. “Nevertheless,” says
he, “there is nothing mere delicious. ”
He also sayfi that When he went to see
Ma friend, the poet Roobah, he found
him seated on the ground enjoying a re
past of roast rat. Afterward he had
fried lizards.
Notwithstanding the almost (religious
warship which the Arabs profess for the
horse, they ate horseflesh, but only the
flesh of draft horses, never that of sad
dle horses. They ate all sorts of mol
lusks and insects. The Arabs Were alee
very fond of black snakes, and they
hunted them at the time when the rep
tiles were about to change their skins,
the flesh in that season being extremely
tender.
Why Dida't Finish.
Fred Buskirk was born at Ports
mouth, 0., and lived there until he was
a young man. Fred naturally thinks
Portsmouth is one of the nicest places
-in thestateof Ohio. Fred said: “Every
body evidently doesn’t think sb well of
Portsmouth as I da
“Not long ago I went over the Ches
apeake and Ohio road and when the
train reached South Portsmouth, which
is across the river from mynatike place,
quite a longstop was made. Most of the
male passengers got off the train and
walked up and down the platform. It
was after dark, and the many lights of
Portsmouth were plainly visible I stood
looking across the river at the city,
thinking what a fine place Portsmouth
was, when a fellow passenger on the
train came alongside ot me and said,
‘Can you tell me What place that is
across the river?’ Os course I could tell
him, and I threw out my cheat and with
considerable pride said: ‘That is Ports
mouth, Ot-rHaVe you ever been there!*
My feltoff* traveler in a very weary
voice, replied :* Yes, «Utv» been them
I bpent aborttwoWeekfe there one aft
ernoon.' I had intended telling that
man about what a -SAftrming place
Portsmouth U, but after'Ms rudeness I
concluded not ta ”—{Mftcinnati in
quirer. «
Mat WdwtMneh.
Here is an adVertisemetait from an old
copy of an English provincial journal:
" Wanted, for a.SObir fetniiy, a man
of lightweight, who fears fee Hard and
can drive a pair of horses. He must oc
casionally watt at table, join ths house
hold praysr, look after the hones and
read a chapter of the Bible. He must,
God wiHing, arise at 7 cAolosk in the
morning and obey hte master and mis
. tnuMn all lawful commands; £he can
dress hair; sing psalms and play ait
cribbage, the more agreeable. Wages,
15 guineas a y ear."
There is a hospital for trees on the
-banks eA the Betos to Parte. Trees
whicKgrow sick along the bodlevaada
are taken here to recover.
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st‘«te'Ws violin, in
ehapenresemMfg aft -eVfinary hammer
with Its handle. U has two strings and
is played with a bow.
His houdt the mftgtetrate teabout the
only honor to U found amook thieves.
-—Chicago News
Beal Maslo Namlrer.
“I often hear of the iragfa number,”
said some one. “ What number is itt”
“Why, nine, of course,” replied
some one else. “There are nine muses,
you know, and you talk of a nine days*
wonder. Then you bowl at nine pins
and a cat has nine lives. ”
“Nonsense, ” broke in another.
“Seven is the magic number ; seventh
heaven, don’t you know, and all that;
■even colon in the iainbow; seveni nlays
in the week; seventh son of a sevfeith
eon—great fellow, and”—
"Tush, tuah,” remarked a third.
“Five's the number, you mean. A man
has five fingers on his hand and five
toes on his foot, arid he has five senses,
and”—
“Three is undoubtedly the magic
number,” interrupted another, “be
cause people give three cheers and Jonah
was inside a whale three days and three
nights, and if at first you don’t succeed,
try, try again—three times, you see!”
This was received with some con
tempt by the company, and a soulful
youth gushed out:
"Two, oh, two is the magic number.
Oneself and one other—the adored one!
Just us two!"
A hard featured individual, who had
been listening to the conversation hith
erto unmoved, here remarked in a harsh
voice:
“The magic number is No. 1 in this
world, and if you want to succeed never
forget It”
An interval of deep thought on the
part of all followed, after which they
went in silently to supper.—Brooklyn
Citizen.
Jeon Rlehepln's Career.
The story of how he came to adopt a
literary career is sufficiently picturesque.
For some time he bad picked up a pre
carious livelihood by doing “odd jobs, ’’
including such prosaic occupations as
that of bootblack and casual potter on
the Quai Marseilles. One day he was
engaged by a gentleman to cany to the
railway station a heavy trunk. Arrived
at the station, there was an instant
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mutual recognition. They were old col
lege chums. "What are you doing
here?” asked his friend. “Carrying
your trunk, 1 believe,” mid Jean.
“Whydo you do this?” “Because I
must.'” • “ Where do you live?” “Come
and see; ” replied Richepin.
The future dramatist took his friend
to his dwelling—a miserable room in an
attic in the poorest quarter of the town.
Upon the table lay scattered heaps of
manuscripts—Jean’s incursions in the
realms of poetry when the more prosaic
duties of the day were over. Looking
through them, hte friend was astounded
St their quality. “Whydo you carry
trunks and blacken boots when you can
doworklike this?” he asked. Richepin
had never given the matter a thought;
he had never deemed these products of
idle hours worthy of publication. Pub
lished they were, however, in a very
few weeks and created an immense
sensation. From that moment Jean
Richepin has never looked back.—West
minster Gazette.
Th« Widow's Opinion.
- Ip cine of the suburban towns near the
capital lives a widow well endowed
with Worldly goods, whose husband,
with a sort of posthumous jealousy, has
guarded against her re-marriage by
providing that she shall lose all her
i property if ever she takes another hus
band. She has been receiving attentions
for several years from an elderly Grand
- Army of the Republic veteran. She has
been very good to him too. Once when
he wanted to parade with his comrades
she bought him an expensive blue suit
With brass buttons on it He wanted to
marry her, but the will of the selfish
dead man stood between. So after a
time he married somebody else. The
widow was broken hearted. She recalled
the suit with the brass buttons. She
recalled a hundred kindnesses shown
the old soldier. She bewailed his perfi
dy to her friends. ,
"Why,” said one of them, “what dis
yon expect? He wanted a wife to make
a home for him. You couldn’t marry
him. So why do you complain?”
h The widow wiped her eyes.
« ! “I know I dfruMta’frmarry him,” she
said. “I didn’t really want to marry
him anyway, but, you see, it was such
a heap of comfort to have a steady
beau. "—Washington Post.
PweullnriUea of ths Potato.
The opinion has prevailed among
housekeepers that it is the good potato
Which breaks open when it is boiled.
A scientist who has made potatoes a
study insists that the good potato is the
one that remains quietly in its coating
of brown during all of the processes of
cooking. Instead of. the swelling and
bursting of the skin being caused by
the presence of starch it has been as
certained that albumen is the substance
that causes this breaking open. An or
dinary potato is made up of three
fourths of its weight in water, two
fenths in Starch and one-fiftieth of ni
trogenous matter. If it cracks and falls
to pieces during the process of boiling,
it is deficient in albumen, and therefore
lacking in the most important constit
uent—New York Ledger.
▲ Deyiss Story.
Dumas the elder was rarely spiteful
to or about his fellow men, but one day,
whan he happened to be in that mood,
a friend called to tell Mm a piece of
news. “They have just given M. X
the Legion of Honor,” he said. Then
he added, in a significant tone, “Now,
can you Imagine why they should have
! given ft to him? *
“Yest” answered the great dramatist
promptly. “They have given it to him
because he was without it. ”
Good Prortoaa.
“How are you getting along with
your housekeeping?” asked the young
wife’s mother.
“Oh, splendidly!” she answered. “J
have almost got so I can do things
to suit the hired girl. Washingtoz
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