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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Mayor,
At tbs solicitation ol many citizens I
hereby respectfully announce myseif ■
candidate for mayor, subject to the prlm
mary of October 11th, promising if ejected
to faithfully perform the duties of the of
fice in the Interest of all concerned.
JNO. L. MOORE.
„ Having faithfully served the City of
Griflin aa Mayor for one term, I announce
as a candidate for re-election and respect
fully solicit the votes of foe
For Alderman-
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 foe greatest
number of tax payerejcegardless 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. MITOHELLi
To the Voters of Griffin: am a can
didate lot Aiderman from Second Ward,
and respectfully ask your support.
M. J. PATRICK.
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
hereby imposed on each and every bne
hundred dollars of real estate within the
corporate limits of foe 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, forniture, watches, jewelry, wag
ons, drays and all pleasure vehicles of
every description, money and solvent
f debts, (except bonds of foe city of Griffin)
and upon all classes of personal property,
including bank stock and capital used for
banking purposes, in foe 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 foe 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 foe city of Griffin for the
payment Os the public debt of the city and
for the maintainance of a system of electric
lights and water works.
Section 3. —That the sum of 20 cents
be and foe 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 foe city of Griffin, for the
maintainance 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.
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 0n1y... $ 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 foe rate of fI.OO per year
rental of same, paid in advance. z A mini
mum of fil.oo per month will be charged
for water while the meter is on the service.
The reading of foe meters will be held
proof of use of water, but should meter
fail to register, foe bill will be averaged
from twelve preceding months.
8. 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 “ “ 9e “
The minimum rate shall be fil.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 foe Water De
partment, otherwise water will be charged
for foil time.
5. Water will not be turned on to any
premises unless provided with an approved
Mop"and waste cock properly lecatodin
an accessible position.
6. The Water Department shall have
the right to shut off watej for necessary
repairs and work upon foe 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; rest
of the piping must be dope by a plumber
at foe consumers’ expense.
Tn Care Constipation Forevei.
Take Cascaretg Candv Cathartic. 13c or 25c.
C, C.C. rail to cure, druggists refund money.
Eliacuta Tout Howels With Viecarets.
Candy Cath.riie, cure constipation forever.
Wc. 25c. If C. C. C fail, druggists refund mono’
QUEER IDEAS OF FUN.
SAVAGES WHO LAUGH ONLY WHEN
SOME ONE IS HURT.
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Tho Wrttfctaaa of a Vietlm Osier
Torture Seed Them lato a Franny
as Merriment—Fearful Paalahatoata
That Broke Yelia of CI M .
The laugh, which is now so closely
associated with good humor and kindly
feeling, originally implied nothing of
the sort. It expressed almost the reverse.
It was the crow of triumph over a fallen
foe.
Such is its nature still among savages
and barbarous peoples, and its unexpect
ed manifestations are occasionally very
startling. Dancing on the body of a
prostrate enemy is to them hilarious
business. The writhing of a victim un
der torture is the funniest thing imagi
nable. A now device for torment is a
clever jest. The inflicting of a ghastly
wound as some poor wretch runs the
gantlet makes them yell with glee. The
things that shock or horrify or disgust
the civilized man are about the only
things worth laughing at from a sav
age’s point of view.
With the exception, therefore, of
rough practical jokes, which may possi
bly wrinkle his stolid features with*
momentary grin, the barbarian has no
appreciation ot civilized humor. He
can’t see where the fun comes in if no
body is hurt.
This was curiously illustrated not long
ago when a considerable number of
Chinamen went to a New York theater
to see a burlesque performance. When
the American part of the audience
lapghed, the delegation from Chinatown
sat with faces absolutely blank, but the
moment any hint of brutality, tragedy
or tears appeared on the stage their
heavy features lighted and were wreath
ed in smiles. It was a strange thing to
witness, but it was all in perfect hoep
ing with the cruel instincts of their
race.
Even the knowledge that he is him
self to be foe next victim does not spoil
the fun of a cruel spectacle for a bar
barian thoroughbred. Hero is an in
stance :
A number of Siamese, who had been
engaged in a bloody revolt were cap
tured red handed and sentenced to mili
tary execution. A platoon of soldiers
was drawn up with loaded muskets, be
fore whom the doomed men were led
out in squads of five or six to be shot,
while those who were waiting their
turn stood by, under guard, looking oh.
When the first volley was fired, the
victims, torn by the storm of bullets,
leaped into the air with violent contor
tions and fell dead. And this to the
poor wretches who were about to go
through the same experience seemed so
fine a show and so excruciatingly funny
that they were fairly convulsed with
laughter.
Such is the humor of savages, and
such doubtless were the beginnings of
mirth the world over. Strange as it
may seem, there are many hints of this
barbarous origin in the fun of the most
highly civilized. We no longer laugh
at really tragic occurrences, it is true,
for other and more humane emotions
are too strongly excited.
But if we chance to see a ridiculous
mishap which does not quite rise to the
dignity of tragedy—an accident by
which some one is greatly inconvenienc
ed and annoyed without being seriously
injured—the remnant of the savage
breaks loose in us, and we laugh till the
tears come.
Why else are we amused when we
see a well dressed man thrown sprawl
ing in the mud or deluged with dirty
water from an upper window or driven
up a tree by a cross dog or an ugly bull?
Why else do we so keenly enjoy the
agony of a man who has accidentally
pounded his finger nail, instead of the
tack he was driving into the carpet, or
laugh at the unfortunate who blindly
. steps on a stray barrel hoop which flips
up and slaps him in the face? Instances
might be multiplied without limit.
It is noticeable that children often
laugh at things which do not amuse
adults, but, on the contrary, shock and
pain them. That is because the child’s
finer sensibilities are as yet imperfectly
developed. He is still near the savage
state. There is a very prevalent senti
ment to the contrary, but this is the
fact.
In proportion as men become truly
civilized, however, their sense of humor
becomes refined, and they revolt at any
suggestion of brutality. Yet it is worthy
of remark that the gentlest among us
are frequently amused at a picture or a
story representing things the actual oc
currence of whioh would shock us great
ly.—Boston Post.
Cabby’a Rich Fare.
“Princess street, sir?” said a cabby
outside a Yorkshire street railway sta
tion to his fare. “ Why, that’s not half
a minute’s wauk from ’ere.”
“Never mind, drive away,’’ answer
ed the gentleman.
“But I can*l charge you less than 18
pence, sir; that’s the legal fare.”
“All right, my good man, only start
quickly, and I’ll give you a couple of
fares.”
Cabby jumped upon *be box with a
beaming face, flicked up his horse and
shouted jocosely to an imaginary wife:
“Don’t wait dinner if I’m late, Mary
Ann I I’m taking the king o’ Klondike
to ’is himperial habode!”—London
Telegraph.
The laoaraace Man's Guess.
“He is foe stupidest man—he never
opens his month without putting his
foot in it,” said the young girl of the
clerk who had taken her to the nata
torium.
“Perhaps'that is the only way he can
make both ends meet on his small sal
ary,” remarked the insurance man.—
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The desert of Sahara is as large as all
that portion of the United States lying
west of the Mississippi.
BABIES IN CHINA.
Uttl. Ones In the Celestial Empire Bo
otj»» Monk ItteaUM.
Babies an made much of all the world
over, but in China especially they are sur
rounded with a host ot mysterious super
stitions and practices.
They are very comical to look at, those
children of the Celestials. From ths day
they are born they are put into a little
coat and trousers, with a weu cap to keep
the head warm, and little shoeswn their
feet. In tact, they are the exact counter
parts of their parents in miniature.
A child is not bathed until the third
day. It is not considered lucky to do so
before. When this has been done, charms,
consisting of lucky cash (smallest coin)
and small silver toys are attached by red
cord to the child’s wrists and worn for
many months. This Is to keep away all
evil spirits.
Red strips of paper with certain char
acters written on them are also nailed up
outside the door of baby's room to ward
off all evil influences.
These strips are kept up until after the
eleventh day, and it is usual for no stran
ger to enter until they have been removed.
When a Chinaman has lost several chil
dren, on the birth of another he is espe
cially careful to guard It from evil spirits,
who evidently have a spite against him.
He therefore inverts in a sword made out
of cash and strung together with red cord.
This is hung up by baby's bed as •
charm and is considered very effective.
The child generally .leaves the room at
the end of the month, and on that day the
head is shaved for the first time.
I cannot learn that any great importance
is attached to the giving of a name to the
child. It is, as a rule, the grandfather or
grandmother on the father's side for choice
who names it, but if they are dead it de
volves on the mother’s parents or some
elderly relation.
When baby has arrived at the mature
age of 4 months, the maternal grandmoth
er makes it a present of a most elaborate
chair with a table attached. There Is gen
erally a feast on this day, and many friends
are invited.
A curious custom is observed when the
child U a year old. Again a party to given
to celebrate the event, and a large sieve to
placed upon the table with various arti
cles laid upon it—books, writing imple
ments, gold, silver, fruit, etc. Baby, at
tired in new red cloths with red cord braid
ed in his hair, is placed In the center of the
sieve, and according to what articles he
seizes first will his fortune be told. If he
takes up the money, of course ho will be
come a merchant and rich; if a book, why,
he will be learned and distinguish himself
in literature. <
tn every household there is an image of
the goddess of children, who is supposed
to have the care of the little ones till they
grow up. Many offerings are made to
her, especially on the child’s birthday.
When a child reaches the age of 16 years,
he is supposed to pass from the control of
his particular goddess, and a ceremony is
gone through called the “going out of
childhood.’’ Afterward thank Offerings
are made to the goddess of the children for
the care bestowed.
But to return to our babies. AS I men
tioned before, the head is shaved When a
month old—sometimes entirely—but very
often a small patch is left at the crown of
the head and the hair plaited into a Stiff
little cue, which stands out straight from
the head through a little hole in the cap.
It it is a little girl, her head is often not
shaved, but her hair plaited into two plaits
above the ears. Red cord to plaited in
with the hair as a charm, for spirits can
not face red, hence baby’s red clothes. A
Ladies’ Pictorial.
Remember the Baker.
Don Carlos is thoroughly familiar with
the history and legends of Venice. Re
turning recently from mass at St. Mark'd
cathedral, he paused before a statuette in
mosaic on the front of the cathedral facing
the Adriatic and said:
“My dear friend, you see this Virgin
before which these two lighted lamps
keep watch day and night. It was put
there In expiation of an error of justice by
the senate in the time of the republic of
Venice. Let me tell you the tale. A
young baker, accused of a crime, was
hanged, and a little while after it came to
light that the poor fellow was innocent.
Then the senate had this statuette placed
in commemoration, and every time that
the supreme court of the republic pro
nounced sentence of death on a criminal a
herald entered and said, ‘Remember the
baker/ and they commenced a new trial
and gave judgment again. The republic
has passed away; the statuette remains.”
Extempore Prayers.
Division seems imminent In the local
Congregational organization over the
question of the use of liturgical forms in
public worship. The principal opponent
of the present custom of uttering extem
poraneous effusions In preference to set
prayers is the Rev. George B. Hatch. In
advocacy of the formal plan he tells a
story of a certain pastor In* this city who
prayed In public for 25 minutes and then
begged the Almighty to “forgive his short
comings!”
“I also know a moneyed and miserly
deacon,” says Mr. Hatch, “who in plead
ing at the throne of grace far himself, his
children and his grandchildren offered this
unique and humble supplication, though
tho petitioner was in reality a very proud
and vain individual:
„“O Lord, save thine unworthy dust,
and thy dust’s dust, and thy dust’s dust’s
dust!”—San Francisco News Letter.
A New "Hooted Tenn.”
We have a little 4-year-old tot at our
boarding house named Teddie, who dally
enlivens his parents with some original
speech or other, with which of course the
boarders are regaled at mealtimes. The
latest was listened to this morning at
breakfast. A local pain made the applica
tion of a hot water bag desirable, and
when it began to cool Teddie said:
“Papa, won’t you 'hotten* this up
again?”
“And did you?” asked “Hop.”
“Certainly/* the happy father made re
ply.
“Well, don’t keep it up/’ said “Hop,”
v or you’ll M kea ’hotten’ tot of that cher
ub. ’’—Hardware.
May Pay His Million.
Charles Broadway Bones, the blind mil
lionaire of New York, who is said to have
offered <1,000,000 for the restoration of
his sight, is perhaps in away to have the
opportunity to pay the money. His offer
has been regarded as a standing one and
has brought such a large number of spe
cialists and doctors of all kinds with cures
that for the past two years Mr. Rouss has
employed John F. Martin, afflicted with
the same sort of blindness, to test the
many treatments offered. Now Mr. Mar
tin is under tho care of a Dr. Cassidy and
with some new methods is reported as be
ginning to regain his vision.
The cockatoos const it"! to a touch of I
foe great parrot family, and. with the |
exception of the species which Inhabit* I
the Philippine islands, an peculiar to I
the Australasian region,
Leadbeator’s oockatoo is one of the I
most beautiful of the group, his white
plumage being tinged with rose color— I
W. T. Greene, the gnat authority on
tags parrots, describes itaptiy aa “rasp I
berry and cream” color— but aa his
penta! endowments an by no moans
equal o his personal attractions he is
Mm popular aa a pet than species With
more intelligence than good looks. Ona
point in his favor must be mentioned—
he is a leas determined screamer than I
the majority ot cockatoos. Thia, how- I
ever, is not saying much. In his native I
woods of South Australia Leadbefiter'i I
oockatoo is very shy and difficult to ap- I
proach. The birds sent to Europe, no
doubt taken as nestlings in the majori
ty of instances, remain usually wild
and suspicious, though they bear con
finement well and do not suffer from
the cold.
At home in Australia the oockatoo is I
not beloved of the fanner, and it can I
be well imagined that a flock of these I
big birds, amounting often to thousands, I
commit fearful havoc upon the crops.
Hence it is shot down as remorsehssly
as the sparrow in England when it I
grows too numerous to be acceptable to
foe agriculturist Like the rest of the
genus, this oockatoo usually makes its
nest in a hollow tree, where the hen
lays two pure white eggs.—St Louis
Republic.
Mala Fellnlty. I
“Talkingabout the humanity of man
and tho felinity of woman,” said the
independent woman, “let me tell you a
little story of a man and a cat The
story was told to me by the wife of the
man, who is a domesticated woman. It
seems that the family cat, besides being
of a sportive disposition, had more in
genuity than most cats or understood
better how to relieve the tedium of a
domestic existence. This oat caught a
mouse. Being well fed, her sporting in
stinct came into play, and she kept the
mouse to amuse herself with. That Is a
feline custom, as you are aware, but
where this cat showed superior mental
ity was in hitting upon a place to hide
the mouse, thus protracting the amuse
ment. She kept it in an. old shoe in a
storeroom. The man of the house dis
covered the proceeding, and was almost
as much amused as the oat Did he put
a stop to it? No, indeed. For several
days he fed both the cat and the mouse,
pfter which the cat would take the
mouse out for its daily exercise, to the
delight of both conspirators Then the
man’s wife found them out She took
foe mouse away and let it go.’’—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Sport m a Developer of Character.
Every now and then there crops out
In this republic the - notion that if our
more cultured citizens were our rulers
that we should be much better off. We I
very much doubt it If our more man- I
ly citizens could rule us, then no doubt I
we should be better off. But there is a
freakiness and finicalness, an inability
to give and take, a general rubbing and
creaking of machinery among men de
veloped only on the one side of the
mind, which always everywhere makes
them objectionable as rulers. Boxing
is just as likely to make a man meek
as books, but if you have a bully to deal
with neither the boxing nor the books
Will avail anything, and he becomes al
most more objectionable as an editor
than as a prizefighter. Os course sport
will fail, just as every other agency
will fail, with certain men. On the
other hand, tar the great majority of I
men, well conducted sport will teach I
them fortitude, gentleness, meekness
and fair play as no other agency yet in
vented by man can da—Outing.
A' Funny Mistake.
A servant lass at an inn once made a
funny mistake. Opening the door of one
of the rooms, she saw, as she thought,
the handle of a warming pan sticking ,
out near the foot of the bed. “Bless '
me,” she said, “that stupid Martha
has left foe warming pan in the bed!
She might have set the place on fire.”
Taking hold of the handle, she gave it a
violent jerk, when up jumped an awak
ened traveler, shouting lustily: “Hel
lo, there! Leave my wooden leg alone,
will yen?”—London Fun.
Gravestone Emblems.
In a cemetery in a neighboring state
lies buried a family of the name of
Rosa Upon each headstone is cut this
flower, broken at the stem, while upon
the babe’s tomb is engraved a bud.
Curious as this is in itself, however, it
is emphasized by the neighboring plot,
where lies a family of the name of Fish,
who have followed the example of the
Roses by having a small specimen of
the finny tribe cut upon each of their
gravestones.—New York Sun.
Easy Enough to TolL
Briggs—And so you -consider Mc-
Faker a clever delineator of characters?
Griggs—Yes.
Briggs—And can you readilydistin
, guish his German dialect from EB Irish
brogue?
Griggs—Oh, dear, yea. The pro
gramme tells when he is gping to imi
tate German-English and when he is
going to give us a little Irish brogue.
Boston Transcript. «
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alcohol, two ounces; cucumber emul
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four ooncas; strained juice of two lem
oua The mixture should be used night
and morning and applied with a soft
rag or sponge
i The Sheffield club is the oldest foot
ball organization in the United King
dom. It was started in 1855, and its
minute book for 1857 is still in exist
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