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STRATEGY IN LOVE AFFAIRS.
Worked Nicely in This Case and
the Originator is Proud.

Strategy, my boy, strategyi' was
the exclamation of one of Detroit's s
clubmen and bachelors who is soon to
become benedict Seven times she
refused me, but / flatter myself that
I'm something of a Dewey in my way,
and 1 kept right at her until I won
out"
How in the world did you man
age?" eagerly asked an old crony, who
is also on the list of eligibles.
Strategy. 1 tell you. Simplest thing
in the world when you kQow how" and
the prospective bridegroom swelled up
like a toad in vacuurn. I'm the out
set made the same mistake that all of
us chumps do when we fall in love
after we're turning gray I was anx-
ious and pleading and cringing, and
all that sort of thing They don't
like it, and they won't have it, You've
got to be masterful and strong, or at
least pretend you are. Then that
clinging disposition in woman asserts
itself, don't you know You've got
lots to learn, my boy, lots to learn.
After she had refused me the sew
enth time 1 got my sense and took the
right tack. First / pretended to be
getting letters from an old flame down
East. Yes, sir! and used to read her
extracts that made her look uneasy.
Then I decided to go to war. All a
bluff, you know. Declared that /
hadn't much to live for, anyhow
Told her I would go East, say good
bye to- the sweetheart of my youth, and
then enlist Say, she sobbed and wept
salt tears and called me cruel. I was
more reckless than ever in my deter
mination to fight Spaniards, and then
we compromised on an engagement.
She asks me every time we meet now
whether I'm sure I'll go to war."-De
trOit Free Press
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A King Killed by a Beef Bone.

The King who died in this house was
that young Dane who appears to have
been an incarnation of the ideal Danish
brutality. He dragged his brothers
body out of it's grave and flung it into
the Thames; he massacred the people
of Worcester and ravaged the shire;
and he did these brave deeds and many
others all in two short years. Then he
went to his own place. His departure
was both fitting and dramatic. For
one so young, it showed with what a
yearning and madness he had been
drinking. He went across the river
there was, repeat, no other house in
Lambeth except this, so that it must
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Phyllis Welsh was still sitting where
AsSheton had left her.

Phyllis Welsh was still sitting where
Assheton had left her.
You weren't long she said smil-
ing What did Tommy want to tell
you? Do tell me about it,
Something in her words grated
against Assheton's feelings He sat
down and replied slowly: He asked
me to return a photo to girl and tell
her that, though she played him false.
he loved her to the end"
"Oh! cried Phyllis. How interest
ing it sounds! Have you got the photo
there? Do show it to me-
You must not ask me to do that"
said Assheton gravely
But Phyllis was not accustomed to
have her wishes ungratified. She leaned
forward and looked up with her WON
derful eyes glowing. 'sWiu you refuse
the first request I've ever made youo"
she urged
"Of course, if you insist''-hesitated
Assheton.
Il do insist! I must see what the
girl is like! Some common, vulgar
creature, I suppose, the poor fellow
idealized into a piece of perfection"
Probably" assented Assheton, dryly,
taking the envelope from his pocket
and producing the photograph.
With eager curiosity Phyllis bent
over.
For the space of a second she stared,
rigid with astonishment and disrnay;
then exclaiming, Give it to me. oh,
give it to me!' she tried to snatch the
photograph from Assheton.
It was too late. Assheton with blank
disgust had already recognized the
beautiful likeness.
Give it to mel" she stammered.
Certainly" replied Assheton. 1T
was what l promised to do"
He dropped the photo into her hands
and strode away.-Temple Bar.
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The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. All of that portion OF Seven
teenth street, between the south line of
street and the north line of Q street,
embraced in the roadway, having been
fully constructed by grading, paving and
guttering, under the condition and terms
OF Resolution of Intention No. 376, and
other orders and acts applicable thereto,
and having sewer pipes, water pipes and
gas pipes laid therein, all to the salts
faction of the Superintendent of Streets,
and the Board of Trustees. and being in
good condition throughout, 1t is hereby
ordained that all of the said portion of
sevepteenth street. between the south line
street, embraced within the roadway, be
and the same Is hereby accepted by the
Board of Trustees, and the same shall
hereafter be kept in repair and improved
by the municipality.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed August 20, 1898.
D. MCKAY,
President of Board of Trustees.
Approved: Sacramento City, August
g. 1898. VIM. LAND, Mayor.
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unknown and undreamed Of among
these warriors. AS the Baron himself
relates, a more picturesque or unusual
party probably never surrounded the
mahogany Gin this case doubtless an
array of deal boards and packing
cases), for among the four and twenty
scions Of wealthy Colonial houses who
were present there was not one who
could boast a whole pair of trousers
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60 poara Of rrustees of the city of

The Board of Trustees of the City OF
Sacramento ordain as follows:..
Section /. All of that portion OF Eff
+aenth Street. between the south line of
B street and the north line OF 6 street,
aobra aced in the roadway, having been
f,n1IW emRraeen Constructed by grading and paving
and guttering, under the condition and M
terrns of Resolution of Intention, No. $40,
and other orders and dawa acts D,nas
us tseas and gas pipes laid therein. all to
the satisfaction of the Superintendent nd Of
hereby ordained that all of the said poro or
south line of 3 street and the north line
of G street, embraced within the road
cenfed by the Board of Trustees, and the
same shall hereafter be Kept in repair
Section O. This ordinance shall take
effect immediately ,,
Passed August %, 1898.
D. MCKAY,
President of Board of Trustees. .
Approved: Sacramento City. August
% 1898 VIM. LAND. MayOr.
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ORDNANCE NO. 444.
An Ordinance Prohibiting Expectoration
III Public Places, and Providing
Penalty Therefor.

The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section 1. No person shall expectorate
on the floor of any street railway car
building, or on any sidewalk in the city
of Sacramento.
Section 2. Any persons who shall vio-
late any of the provisions of this ord
nance shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof. shall
shall be punished by Imprisonment in the
CITY Jail of the city of Sacramento for
a term not exceeding two days. or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be pub
lished for three consecutive days in the
dailv papers of the city Of Sacramento,
and shall take effect Immediately tnere-
after.
/. Passed November 80, 1896.
CHARLES f. LEONARD
President of the Board of Trustees
Approved December 5, 1896
c. II. HUBBARD, Mayor.
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A Tale of a Masonic Pirate.

remarkable experience was once
narrated to me by Captain Tisdale,
father-in-law of the late Samuel T.
Cobb, editor of the Boston Home Jour
nal" Captain Tisdale told me that
the ship that he commanded was cap
tured by Portuguese pirates and he,
with his crew, was taken aboard the
pirate craft, the moose put about their
necks, and all was ready for stringing
up at a given signal. With an in
stinctive impulse Of despair, Captain
Tisdale threw out the grand Masonic
sign The pirate Captain was a Free
mason, and recognized it. He ordered
the rope to be taken from Captain Tis-
dales neck, and took him into mis-
cabin, where he examined him. Well
satisfied with the examination, he
treated him to the best he had in his
cabin, and then, returning with him to
the deck, he ordered the ropes to be
taken from the necks of the captured
crew. He then entertained the OFF,
GERS as guests in his cabin, and ordered
a sumptuous repast to be served out
to the crew. After all had partaken
to their satisfaction, he ordered the
boatswain to take them all to their
own vessel.
Arrived at the ship, Captain Tisdale
waited till all had climbed to the deck,
and then he took his turn. When he
started to go up, the pirate boatswain
exclaimed, in a deep, cultural voice,
which Captain Tisdale initiated as only
an old sea Captain could, you tank
your God you fell into such good
hands," and then ordered his boats
crew to pull for the black craft whose
terrible master had displayed such 10y
al devotion to the grand order Of which
he was a member, and given evidence
Of the inextinguishable spark that Is
in every human breast = Correspond
ence Of the Boston Transcript.
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ORDINANCE. NO. 426.
Amending Section Of Ordinance No. $50.

The Board of Trustees of the City Of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. Section of Ordinance Num-
Der Three Hundred and Ninety, entitled,
"an ordinance to prohibit the cutting or
trimming or mutilating trees on certain
streets in the city of Sacramento. without
the consent of the owner in writing, and
fixing penalty therefor, passed June n,
1895, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to cut, trim nfntfate
or fasten wires to any tree on any of the
streets in the city of Sacramento, unless
the consent in writing of the owner or
authorized agent of the property in front
of which said trees stand shall first be
obtained; provided however, that Moth
ing herein contained shall operate to pre-
vent the aff1xing to any such tree or
trees of ali such wires as may be neces-
sary in the maintenance of the Fire
Alarm System, the Police Patrol System,
or for the use, conduct, maintenance or
management Of any other department of
the city government.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take
effect and be In force from and after It's
passage.
Passed May 25, 1896.
CHARLES z. LEONARD,
President of the Board Of Trustees.
Approved May 29, 1896.
= G. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
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Notes From Cuba.

Visitor Gn Havana)-That army over
there is the Spanish force, L suppose!
Native-No; they are the newspaper
correspondents. The little group OF
men to left is the army.
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Heard in the Street Car.

How are yez, Jamie2"
Purity good Moike."
rs yeer Uncle William alive yet,
Jamie?'
mo, not yet."-Chicago Tribune.
The record-union., 1898-09-05
Munyon's Headache and Indigestion Cure

is the only remedy on the market that
will cure every form of Headache in 3 to
10 minutes, correct Indigestion, stimu-
late the nerves and build up the system.
1t should be in every home and every
travellers gripsack At all Druggists. rs
c,1reS 25c
The record-union., 1898-09-05

Media White, of Backner, KY. now
4 years old, is probably the largest
child of her age in the country. She
weighs 120 pounds, has a chest meas
urement of thirty-eight inches, and is
four feet high.
The record-union., 1898-09-05

An organist says that a cow moos in
a perfect fifth octave or tenth; a dog
barks in the fifth or fourth; a donkey
brays in a perfect octave. and horse
neighs in a descent on the chromatic
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OF Course.

The United States is organizing q
mosquito fleet" remarked Mrs Snaggs.
ITO protect the New Jersey Coast, 1
suppose" added Mr.. Snaggs.
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ORDINANCE NO. 500.

An Ordinance Approving and Accepting
the Work Of Grading and Paving FiI-
teenth Street, in the City of Sacra-
mento.- From the South Line OF b
street TO the North Line Of G. street.
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.
ORDINANCE NO. 501.

An Ordinance Approving and Accepting
the Work of Grading and Pasing
ramento. From the South Line of J
street to the North Line of Q street.
The record-union., 1898-09-05

It takes 1900 tons Of paper to make
the postcards used in England each
year.
The record-union., 1898-09-05

It has been established that we do not
wax diviner by dragging down the gods
to our level
The record-union., 1898-09-05

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE
of California, County Of Sacramento.
In the matter of the estate of FRAN
ZISKA LOFFLER, deceased
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY,
the 18th day of September, 1885, at 10
O'Clock a. m. of said day, and the court
room of said court, at the Courthouse, in
the City of Sacramento, County of Sac
ramento, and State of California, has
been appointed as the time and place for
proving the will of said FRANZISKA
LOFFLER, deceased and for hearing the
application OF Henry Wuttke and Mrs:
letters testamentary thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court, this I'd day of September, 1898.
(Seal) w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
By E. s. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk
Indorsed: Filed September 2, 1898.
w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY E. s. Wachhorst, Deputy.
Miller & Brown. Attorneys for Peti-
toner. se3-10t
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ORDINANCE NO. 490.

An Ordinance to amend Section
Seven of Ordinance Number One
Hundred and Forty-one, regu1at-
ing the time for using City water
for the purposes of irrigation in
the City of Sacramento, and pro-
viding that fire pressure be MAIN
tanned by the City Water Works
during said time.
The Board of Trustees of the
City of Sacramento do ordain as
follows:
Section i. Section seven Of ordi-
nance number one hundred and
forty-one is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section z. No person OF persons
shall use, OF cause to be used, any
City water for the purposes Of ir-
rigation in the City Of Sacramento.
except between the hours from
Five to Eight o'clock a. m., and
from Five to Nine o'clock p. m,
except at the City Cemetery, State
Capitol Grounds, Federal Building
and the Plaza, And it is further
provided that during the foregoing
hours fixed for irrigation, the City
Water Works, and the Chief En-
gineer thereof, shall maintain fire
pressure throughout said City.
Section g. All Ordinances or
parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from
and after it's passage.
Passed August 1, kS9S.
ID. MCKAY, j
President Of Board Of Trustees.
Approved August 2, 1898.
VIM. LAND, Mayor.
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ST. JOSEPH'S CONVENT.

SCHOOL WILL REOPEN MONDAY
MORNING, September 5th. Sunday
school on Sunday September 4th. se3-2t
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President of Board of Trustees.
Approved: Sacramento City, August
%, 1898. VIM. LAND. Mayor.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
Editor Manly wnI stay in New York

NEW YORK. Dec. Alexander l.. Manly,
the colored editor, whoi was compelled 10
leave Wilmington. N. c., on account OF the
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
WILL STAY IN CONGRESS
GEN. WHEELER NOT LIKELY TO Go
TO CUBA WITH HIS CORPS.
He VIII Hold His Position in the
Army, However, Until the VOlun-
teers Are Mustered Out.

WASHINGTON, Dec 7.-Major General
Wheeler probably has seen his last active
service in the United States army. He was
at the War Department to-day and had a
talk with Secretary Alger and Adjutant
General Corbin. 1t is understood that he
will be relieved from further active duty
unless there is a recurrence of war. but
that he will remain on the active list of
the United States volunteer army until that
army is mustered out of the service by the
declaration OF peace. This privilege is ac-
corded to him in recognition of his distin-
guished services, and will leave General
Wheeler free to exercise his functions as a
member of the House of Representa- tives
during this session. The command of the
Fourth Corps, with headquarters at Hunts
Vile, Ala, is now held temporarily by Gen.
Chanee, but it is understood that General
Lawton will be the permanent corps COM
mander instead of assuming the command
OF the Second Corps, which is now under
order to go to Cuba. The Fourth Corps is
known as a reserve corps, and up to this
time has received no orders looking to its
movement or participation in garrison duty.
1t is said at the War Department that no
change has been made in the purpose of
the department respecting these garrisons
for Cuba as laid down in order No. 176, pub
Hshed at the date Of issue, ana which is
now in process cf execution. The only likeli-
hood of change hereafter in the order is in
the direction of reducing the number of SOL
diers to be assigned to the garrisOnS in
view of the favorable reports coming to
the department respecting the temper of
the Cuban people towards the plans Of the
United States.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
MILLER NOW LEADING
SCORE OF THE BICYCLE RIDERS AT
2 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
Miller First with 1,164 Miles and o
Laps, Waller Second with 1,159.2,
and Pierce Third with 1,154.7.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE largest crowd
that has gathered to watch the riders in the
siN-day bicycle race filled Madison-squa
Garden tonight. All the seats and boxes
were filed by 1880 o'clock and large crowds
gathered in the center Of the ring The
riders at o'clock D. m. were down to
twenty-one men. AT o'clock p. m. Miller
retired from the track and was asleep for
one hour, reappearing on the track at p.
m. He received an ovation from the crowd
Pierce was able to regain his lead over
Miller by the enforced rest of the latter, and
at o'clock the sixty-seventh hour of the
race, was three miles in the lead. Up to
the SiXty-eighth hour of the race Pierce had
taken but four and one-half hours OF sleep.
At that hour his trainer forced him to re-
tire for a short time. He was off the track
but fifteen minutes.
When Miller returned to the track and
found Pierce three miles ahead of him he
rode very fast and at the end of the sixty
eighth hour was three miles ahead of
Pierce. He made his lead five miles in the
next hour. Pierce'S friends cheered their
man considerably tonight by sending him
in handsome bunch of chrysanthemums,
and Foster received large floral horseshoe
from his admirers. Waller ran into the rail
in front of the press stand, near the Fourth
avenue end of the track, and was dis
mounted. He quickly resumed but the fail
appeared to have dazed him. Miller finished
his 1,1O0 miles at S:35 O'Clock p. m, and
seemed strong.
Eddie Bald rode an exhibition half mile
at $3.50 o'clock, following tandem pace. He
made it in 1902 2-5. Harry Elke5 rode two
miles, following a very hot pace set by
Henry Fournier, of France, with his
petroleum motor bicycle. This race was de-
cidedly novel and stirred the crowd to great
enthusiasm. The motor is said to be capa-
BILE OF thirty-six miles an hour and can
therefore go faster than any Tider can fol-
low and that is what the crowd seemed to
enjoy. Ellxes made the two miles after the
motor cycle in 4:15 20.
The Board of Health doctors We're close
observers of the race all day and made
many examinations, frequently cautioning
the men TO moderate their pace: At 5:2l p.
m. they concluded that Gross had enough
and he was ordered from the track. Bliven,
who had been ordered off the track at IL
o oclock this morning, was given further
examination by the Board of Health doc
tors, assisted by DIR. Frey. representing the
riders, but was found unfit to continue and
was ordered out of the contest.
Miss Hanson, Miller's sweetheart, who has
been with her lover all through the coneest
TO minister 10 his wants and inspire him TO
a greater effort, tonight telegraphed TO her
mother in Chicago asking permission 10
marry Miller some day this week She had
not received a reply at a late hour. Her
mother is Mrs. O'Donnell, OF "a Lowell place,
Chicago
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CITY TREASURER SHORT
CARELESS BUSINESS METHODS HAVE
PREVAILED AT RgsHVILLE.
MariOn's AbscOnding Ex-OficiaI Said
to Have Been Arrested and Mys-
teriOusIy Disappeared.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

SPecldi 70 bhe Indianapolis JOURNAL.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Dec. City Treas
urer James K. Mattox is short in his ac-
counts $4,557.S9, according to the report given
out to-day by Charles S. Spr1tz, an expert,
employed by the City Council. The repor.
was made to the City Council, which de-
ferred action until the two accountants en-
ployed by Mr.. Mattox, former Deputy
County Treasurer Edwin Farrer and Deputy
County Auditor Anna Bohannon. make their
report Mr.. Spritz was aided in his investi-
cation by Cashier A. b. Irwin. Of the Farm
ers' Banking Company, who is one of Mr..
Mattox's ten bondsmen. The report of Mr..
Sprftz covers Treasurer Mattox's official ca
reer from its beginning, on Sept. 10, 1894, 20
Nov. II, 1898. The total receipts were SIG,
ss5.45 and the disbursements and credits due
loot up Sl12, 73, leaving a shortage of $4-
6oLS9, as above stated The investigation
brought forth some startling facts concern
ing the loose manner in which the financial
end of Rushville's city government has been
conducted. Nearly 5000 was paid out by
treasurer Mattox on bonds and interest
without any record Of an allowance by the
City Council. Twenty-Five orders duly made
out by the clerk were paid for which no
record Of allowances appear. Names were
indlscriminately dropped from the tax du-
plicate and amounts on the duplicate
changed without authority from the City
Council. The names Of 141 persons owing
delinquent taxes on real estate, which were
dropped in a transfer Of the real estate
taxed. are given. These amounts will foot
up into the hundreds. Numerous errors oc-
cur in the entry of collections, sometimes
current taxes being entered in the delin-
quent column and delinquent taxes in the
current tax column. Several receipts remain
In the voucher books which are marked
paid on the tax duplicate, and, in some
Instances, in the cash book Mr. Spritz is
unable TO tell how the shortage came about,
and neither can Mr.. Mattox. OF the short
age reported, about 100 is for saloon
hceI.se fees collected and not reported City
Treasurer Mattox was lenient with his fell
low-oficials. and permitted them to draw
their pay in full while delinquent taxes stood
charged against them on the duplicate In
the first report of Expert Spritz shortage
of $500 existed, but 1t was made good by
Mr.. Mattox and his bondsmen before the re-
port reached the City Council The present
shortage reported makes over $1,000 Of city
funds for which Mr.. Mattox cannot account
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08
TO EDUCATE CUBANS.
Appeal for Funds to Assist Students
Who Have No Money.

NEW YORK, Dec. THE Cuban Educa-
tonal Association of the United States has
been organized for the purpose of accepting
and carrying out the offers made by the
American colleges in response to General
Wheeler's suggestion that these colleges
should each give free tuition to two or more
reputable Cuban students. The association
announced to-day that the. responses re-
ceived from Cubans desiring to accept these
offers are numerous, but that allotments now
being considered include the young Cubans
who can pay their own board and incidental
expenses. No young men will be allotted
who do not promise to make their home in
SuDd after their education in the United
states. Testimonials as to good character
Will be required from each student. 1t is
noped the academies will follow the lead of
the colleges and grant free tuition scholar
ships to proper candidates. The cost of
board and incidentals for young Cubans in
the educational institutions in the United
states will vary from 800 to $3.50 per annum.
Inc association makes an appeal for funds
Tor the maintenance of Cuban students who
are unable to support themselves, and an
nounces that the. following. have agreed to
receive subscriptions: Mai. Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, Huntsville. Ala; Gen. Calixto
Garcia, Cuba; Alexander E. Orr, president
Chamber of Commerce No. SO Nassau street.
New York; Prof Nicholas Murray Butler,
Columbia University, New York; DIR. Albert
Shaw, editor Review of Reviews, 13 Astor
place, New York; William H. Baldwin, jr.,
president Long Island Railroad, 80 Nassau
treasurer Union College, $50 Fourth avenue,
New York.