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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Mayor.
At the solicitation ot many citizens I
hereby respectfully announce myself a
candidate for mayor, aubject to the prim
mary of October 11th, promising if erected
to faithfully perform the duties of the of
fice In the interest of all concerned.
4 JNO. L. MOORE.
( Having faithfully served the City of
Griffin as Mayor for one term, I announce
as a candidate for re-election and respect
fully solicit the votes of the citizens.
W. D. DAVIS.
For Aiderman.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Aiderman from the First. Ward, and If
elected I promise to do what in my honest
judgment is to the good of the greatest*
number of tax payers, regardless of friend
or foe. Yours,etc.,
C. HOMER WOLCOTT.
I respectfully announce myself as a can
didate for Aiderman from the first ward
and solicit the support of my friends.
J. H. SMITH.
At the solicitation of friends I respect
folly announce myself a candidate for Ai
derman from the Fourth Ward, and so
licit the support of the citizens.
Having a. pride in the welfare of our
city and her Institutions I promise, if
elected, to act for the best interest of the
city and citizens and perform conscien
tiously every duty assigned me.
DAVID J. BAILEY.
Having served the city as Aiderman
from the 4th ward for the past two years,
and conscientiously discharged my duty,
I announce myself as a candidate for re
election and respectfully solicit the votes
and support of the citizens.
M. D. MITCHELL.
To the Voters of Griffin : lam a can
didate for Aiderman from Second Ward,
and respectfully ask your support.
M. J. PATRICK.
An Ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil ot 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 onlys 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 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
First of this ordinance, within the corpo
' rale 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
of all descriptions, as stated in section
First of this ordinance, within the corpo
rate limits of the city of Griffin, for the
maintaioance 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
ed.'
DR. E. X,. HANES,
DENTIST.
Office upstairs in building adjoining, on
the north, M Williams & Son.
AN EFFECTIVE PARABLE.
Cteaeral J»wfcert’» Story Sawed the
Uvea of the Jameeoa Reldera.
A most interesting account of the
manner in which the lives of Jameson
and his men were spared, after the sur
render to. the Boers, is told by the
Nieuws Van den Dag of Amsterdam:
The stern old Boers, when they had
Jameson and his fellow officers in their
hands, determined to execute the lead
ers of the band at daybreak. The meet
ing took place in President Kruger’s
house, 20 being present, of whom the
great majority, wild with indignation
at the sudden inroad into their terri
tory, were for shooting the British offi
cers at once.
• President Kruger opposed this sum
mary plan and used all his eloquence
and all his influence on behalf of the
prisoners. For a long time his efforts
were vain. It was 4 o’clock in the
morning, and the president’s opponents
were still for execution. The lives of
the foreigners hung by a thread.
At length General Joubert, one of the
few who agreed with the president, had
recourse to the old time Boer method of
convincing his hearers. He made use of,
a parable.
“Friends,” he said, “will you not
listen to my voice once more? Suppose
that close to my farm lives a bad neigh
bor who keeps fierce hounds in his
house, worrying my sheep exceedingly
and also killing some. What, then,
would you have me to do? Should I kill
the hounds to bo free of this worry?
Truly my neighbor would say unto me:
‘Thou hast killed my hounds, yet their
value is greater than the value of your
sheep. Pay thou me I’ Is .it not better
that I should take the hounds and go
ing into my neighbor’s house- say,
‘These are thine; now pay me for the
harm they have done my flock?’ ”
There was silence, and the general
continued: “We have caught the pack.
Is it not better to send them to the
British government with demands for
reparation, lest the British send more
hounds to worry us anew?”
The old form of argument proved
successful. The wisdom of moderation
became apparent, and the council of
war accepted the advice of their chiefs.
SERVANTS* EXCUSES.
One Woman Who Was Clever Enough
to Circumvent Them.
We have heard the story of the Cana
dian mistress who, with seven servants
in her house, was obliged to go to the
garden and pick berries for the table.
Each of the servants declined the task
with the stereotyped excuse, “It ain’t
my place to pick berries. ” Ord, in his
“History of Cleveland,” relates an an
ecdote of Margaret Wharton, who*
while accepting her servants’ excuse,
yet made them do her will.
In one of her visits to Scarborough
Mrs. Wharton, with her usual economy,
had a family pie for dinner, which she
directed the footman to convey to the
bakehouse. This the man declined to
do as not belonging to his place, or
rather, as derogatory to his conse
quence. The lady then moved the ques
tion to the coachman, but found a still
stronger objection.
To save the pride of both Mrs.
Wharton resolved to take the pie to the
shop herself. She ordered one man to
harness and bring out the horses and
the other to mount and ride behind, and
thus the errand was done with all honor
and ceremony. Then in due time the
coachman was ordered to put to a sec
ond time and the footman to mount be
hind, and Mrs. Wharton brought back
the pie in the same dignified state.
“Now,” said the lady to the coach
man, “you have kept your place, which
is to drive, and you yours,” to the foot
man, “which is to wait, and I mine,
which is to have my pie for dinner. ”
Contlnnom Steel Pipe.
The West Australian government has
taken a contract to lay nearly 850 miles
of water pipe of a novel character. This
pipe is to be made of steel spirals pack
ed in concrete. Sheet metal is cut into
strips of the required width. These are
fed into a machine and welded into one
continuous strip. As the strip is fed in
to the machine rivet holes are punched;
then the edges of the laps are brought
together by machinery and held during
the process of riveting, which is all
done by compression. The lap is thrown
on the outside of the pipe, rendering the
inner surface sooth and even throughout
its length. A tenacious hydraulio ce
ment is packed around the laps, making
the pipe absolutely water tight.—New
York Ledger.
She Loves Birds.
The dowager empress of China is de
voted to birds of all kinds, and innu
merable bird pets are kept about the
palace. She is reported to have wept
copiously about the death of a favorite
nightingale not along ago. Upon being
told of a Chinese girl who had oom
plained bitterly of the dreariness of life
this exalted lady remarked sagely that
a woman ought to take so much pride
in her home that it could be a heaven
to her, adding, “There are always birds
and flowers. ’ ’ She is a clever artist and
delights in painting from nature.
Can’t Hold America Down..
“Why, sir,” arid the geologist, “the
ground you walk on was once under
water.”
“Well,” replied the friend, who is
nothing if not patriotic, “it simply goes
to show you can’t hold America down. ”
—Washington Star.
A southern man says that the differ
ence between yellow fever and dengue
fever is that when one has the former
he is afraid he will die and when the
latter attacks him he is fearful that he
will not. ,
According to the latest statistics, the
population of Greece is increasing more
rapidly than that of any other country
—namely, at the rate of 1.87 per cent
per annum.
NAVAL NAVIGATORS.
THEY HAVE MANY VERY SERIOUS DU
TIES TO PERFORM.
BMIdM a Thorough Nautical TnUalag the
Otteer Who Navlfiates s Man-of-war
Mact Bo Ponemed of a Tm» Baud es
Technical Scientific Knowledge.
It is doubtful if any office in the
navy, aside from an absolute command,
Involves so vsMla responsibility as that
of navigator of a man-of-war. The du
ties of this important station in former
years fell to officers of the rank of mas
ter, but with the abolition of that
grade its affairs devolved upon the
lieutenants holding the highest num
bers on the list. Upon the navigator of
a warship depends not tfnly the task of
shaping the vessel’s wburs-e for any
point across the seas to which her des
tinies may direct her, but also the re
sponsibility of piloting her in and out
of harbor and of selecting a safe anchor
age for her in every port visited during
the period of her cruise. Hence, it fol
lows that, combined with a thorough
nautical training, the competent navi
gator must be possessed of a vast fund
of geographical, meteorological and hy
drographical knowledge. While at sea,
he must know the vessel’s position to a
degree, which necessitates his taking
frequent observations of the celestial
bodies and making solutions of intricate
problems in geometry and trigonometry,
such as constantly arise through devia
tions, brought about by innumerable
causes, from her given course.
Unquestionably the most important
element in navigation, because of its
infallibility under ordinary conditions,
in determining the latitude, longitude
and error in the ship’s compass, is what
is known in maritime phraseology as
“nautical astronomy. ’’ With the aid of
a sextant or quadrant for measuring the
altitude of the heavenly bodies above
the horizon or their distance from each
other, a timepiece to mark the instant
of an observation, a chronometer to
show the time at the first meridian, a
nautical almanac and an azimuth com
pass, the navigator can readily deter
mine his position with the utmost ex
actitude.
The average voyage is more or leas
characterized by erroneous estimates In
distances sailed, in varying currents,
careless steering, deviation in the oom
pass and numerous other obstacles, and
upon the navigator rests the responsi
bility of adjusting such errors. In long
passages across the open sea the navi
gator is governed by a rather complex
combination of motives, which may be
summed up as follows: To cover the re
quired distance in the shortest space of
time with the smallest expenditure of
fuel and the least wear and tear of the
vessel that is possible.
With these objects in view the navi
gator must prior to sailing superintend
personally the stowing of the hold, the
arrangement of ballast, water, provi
sions, stores, etc., and the inspection
and adjustment of the motive appliances
of the ship, all of which features, sever
ally and collectively, greatly affect her
speed and seaworthiness.
If his vessel possesses the facilities
for making sail, he must while at sea
exercise the keenest judgment and fore
sight as to utilizing the same, for sail
used to good advantage is a great saver
of coal, while otherwise, if used indis
criminately, it may entail much loss of
time. The expert navigator draws the
line with exceeding fineness between a
high fair wind and a gale, making the
most of the former as long as his vessel
is not jeopardized, heaving her to at
just the proper period and getting under
way again at the first sign of moderation
in the weather. The commander of a
warship reposes the utmost confidence
in a skilled and careful navigator and
rarely interferes with his plans. Anoth
er of the numerous details coming under
the navigator’s supervision is the keep
ing of the ship’s log. This is commenced
by him at the-time the vessel is placed
in commission, and its pages record the
events of each succeeding day. There is
absolutely nothing which transpires of
ficially on board of a man-of-war that
is not written in the log, and each day
the navigator must carry it to the com
manding officer for his inspection. At
the expiration of every six months the
ship’s log must be closed and forwarded
to the navy department at Washington,
where it is placed among the records.
The navigator is provided with a
large and varied assortment of instru
ments and appliances designed to facili
tate his work. While in port he is often
detailed to make surveys of portions of
the coast line which may be defective
upon the charts or to determine the ex
act location of rocks or shoals which
hitherto have not been marked with
sufficient accuracy.
The navigator has charge of all the
various weather indicators of the vessel
and must render quarterly reports of
all meteorological observations. These
are taken at regular intervals by the
quartermaster of the watch and folly
entered upon the ship’s log. The navi
gator must regularly inspect the steer
ing gear, compasses, anchors and chain
cables of the ship and daily report their
Condition to the commanding officer.
He must also keep a separate book in
which are recorded all calculations re
lating to the navigation of theveafol
and in which no erasures are permitted
to be made. At the expiration of the
cruise this book is forwarded to the
bureau of navigation. (
The duties of a navigating officer are
more than sufficient to fully occupy his
time, but, notwithstanding this fact,
he frequently stands his watch at sea.
While in port he is ex officio the execu
tive officer during the latter’s absence
from the vessel.
The illustrious Dewey was, during
the earlier period of his career, an ac
knowledged expert as a navigator, and
to his excellent ability in maneuvering
may be largely accredited his splen
did victory at Manila.—Philadelphia
Times.
A TALE WITH A MORALS’
Always Prspses Bsaeath a Trea, and Man
Kta* May Bs Ttavsa la.
“When Iwm 80 yean old,” said a vet
eran of many dollars, “I wm working on
a farm in MasMebuaette not far from
Springfield, where lived a pretty little girl
as poor m I was, the daughter of a Meth
odist minister. One day under the shade
of a big tree in the churchyard I told her
how much there was in my heart and how
little there was in my pocket and asked
her to marry me. She was 17 and silly,
and she consented on the spot. For an
hour or more after that we sat under the
tree talking over the fair and foolish
things that lovers<l ream, wlxn ooounwd
to me that an engagement ring wee the
correct thing for such an occasion, and I
began bemoaning the poverty which pre
vented my getting one for the dearest hand
on earth. It wm absolutely true, too, for
I really did not have enough money to
buy a tin ring, much lees the only kind I
thought Janie ought to have.
“But Janie didn’t care for the ring. She
said we ought to thank Providence that
we had each other and let the old ring go.
She wm on the point es saying more, when
she stopped suddenly, gave a little scream
and pointed to something bright In her
lap. I looked, and there lay a pretty gold
ring with a small diamond flashing a
greeting to no. At first we were afraid to
touch it, but we soon got over that, and
mwe looked it over we wondered where
It had come from, and though we knew
that the days of miracles had pasted we
were both inclined to think it wm a bless
ing from heaven on our sweet and pure
love.
“There wm no one in the tree to have
dropped it m a joke, but m it could not
have reached us by aby way other than
from above we proceeded to search the
tree. Nothing could be seen from the
ground, and I climbed up; and there over
in the fork above us, high up, I found a
bird’s nest building and knew that the
builders had picked the ring up some
where, for various bits of colored ribbon
and rags fluttered about the nest. Ono of
these pieces of silk Janie recognized m the
trimming of a lady’s gown who came to
see her mother, and wo decided at once
that it wm right to see if it belonged to
the lady.
“Thither we went, happy m two chil
dren, and Janie went in and I waited out
side. Presently she called me in, and
when I had, with many blushes, told the
story of the ring on Janie’s finger she
kissed her, and said it wm now mine to do
with as I pleased. She hoped I would not
forget those who had been my friends
when I had no diamonds, and then right
there before the lady I had never seen be
fore I slipped the ring on Janie’s finger
and kissed her. As soon as I had done
that the lady kissed Janie, and I’ll be shot
if she didn’t kiss mo, too, and as we went
out there were tears In her eyes glistening
like the diamond on Janie’s finger.”—
Washington Star.
The Übiquitous German.
All that education in its various forms
—primary, technical and even physical—
san do for the German workman is being
done for him. Weak industries receive
bounties. Lines of steamers are heavily
subsidized to carry German exports to all
parts of the world. The state railways are
authorized to make special rates for the
oversea trade. German diplomatic agents
abroad exercise pressure in favor of Ger
man merchants. German commercial
houses are planted in every important for
eign port, and even where they represent
foreign firms they keep a. benevolent eye
upon the produce of their own country.
In the conduct of private undertakings
money Is not grudged either for practical
experiment of for research. Manufactur
ers submit to sacrifices in order to force an
entry into foreign markets and recoup
themselves with the aid of protective du
ties at home. The whole commercial pol
icy of the country Is directed toward the
encouragement and extension of foreign
trade.
Such assistance and encouragement,
given to a population as laborious and
well endowed as the German people, have
produced the results which we are begin
ning to see. Germans are übiquitous.
They have gained a footing in almost ev
ery market.—Nineteenth Century.
Busbands In Brackets.
All the bluestocking sisterhood—the
elderly females addicted to bloomers and
the spectacled, strong minded advocates of
woman’s rights—are performing a mental
jig. Hyphenated husbands have become
a byword, but it remained for the Ken
tucky Federation of Women’s Clubs to dlt
cover that man’s proper position is in a
bracket. Hereafter we shall hear not of
Mrs. Mary Sullivan-O’Brien, but of Mrs.
Mary Sullivan, with an inconsequent
“O’Brien” added at the tail end of the
name in small letters and in brackets.
The woman who had the honor of sug
gesting the bracket as a sort of scrap bas
ket in which to throw the inconvenient
appendage of a husband’s name is Mrs.
James Leech of Louisville, Ky. Accord
ing to her own convictions, Mrs. Leech’s
name should be recorded Mrs. Maria Smith
—[Leech].
The resolution read as follows:
“That it shall hereafter be the custom to
enroll all women under their own full
names, and in cases of married women
with their husband’s names in brackets.”
—New York World.
Injections of Perfumes.
Would you like to give out a perfume
like the body of one who died in the odor
of sanctity? Nothing is easier. If you
want to smell like violets, make a sub
cutaneous injection of essence of these
flowers. You can vary your perfumed es
sence as you please. The perfume is scarce
ly noticeable unless one gets warm. This
mode of scenting one’s person wm discov
ered accidentally. i
A morphino maniac wm called sudden
ly to Russia. She had not time to lay in
a provision of her favorite drug, but a
complacent doctor promised to send it aft
er her. He did so. But the Russian cus
tom hovre would .not let it pare. The pa
ternal government of Russia forbids the
importation of morphifle unless by chem
ists. The morphino maniac m a substi
tute tried essence of violets. She remem
bered that an infusion of violets is sopo
rifle. She made her subcutaneous injection
with a Pravaz syringe. She fell asleep
and, to her great surprise, awoke in a per
spiration, smelling like a bed of violets.—
London Truth.
Cleaning Carpets.
Carpets can be cleaned without remov
ing them from the floor by a machine
which has metal strips set inside a casing
to beat the carpet m the cleaner runs over
the floor, a fan being mounted in the top
of the casing to draw the dust into a wa
ter compartment, which has an air passage
covered by a moistened screen to retain
the dust particles.
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