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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ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here with are hereby repealed.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. - ' ,1? Io Cure Con«ti|>nUoc I'orever. ‘--““’tv Cathartic. 10c or 25c. U V. v. C. lai! ta cure. refund mouej- ' 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. 43 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 ‘ - W - --- -*1 , ✓XIJI . 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. 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