davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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NOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACT,
NO. 412.


Pursuant to law and to the resolution
of the Board of Trustees of the City OF
Sacramento, adopted September 20 1872
directing this notice, notice IS hereby
given that the said Board of Trustees, in
open session, on the 25th day of Septem-
Der, 1S99 opened examined and pu3Ncly
the following work, to wit:
That the alley, between z and Q ST. eets,
in said city from the east line of Eighth
street to the west line Of Ninth street,
be improved by grading and rnacadamiz-
ing, constructing redwood curbs ana
catch basin to the sewer.
Rejected all of said bids except that
next hereinafter mentioned, and there
after. on the 25th day of September, 1899,
awarded the contract for said work TO
the lowest regular responsible bidder, to
wit: TO E. Twaddle, at the prices named
for said work in his proposal on file.
M J. DESMOND,
Clerk of Board of Trustees of sacra-
Sacramento, September 26. 1899.
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Fatal Fire in Pennsylvania.

BRADFORD Pa-), Oct "A lodg
house was destroyed by fire to-
day, and George V. Brown, colored,
was cremated. It is feared that other
bodies will be found in the ruins, as
there We're a great many dodgers IN
the building The loss will be about
$50,OO0
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The Board of Trustees of the City Of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby granted to
the Citizens Gaslight and Heat Company
September first, eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, within which to comply
with the conditions imposed upon sald
Number Sixteen, passed by the Board of
Trustees of the City of Sacramento, on
dred and seventy-two, granting to the
Citizens Gaslight and Heat Company the
right to lay down gaspipes in the streets
and ALLEYS of the City of Sacramento.
Section q This ordinance shall take ef-
feet immediately.
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Two Children Cremated.

HOLLISTER (O). Oct. 2. While
Gus Omkemper and his wife We're alb
sent from home on Sunday night the
house was burned, and their two chill
dren, aged 3 and >, We're cremated.
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A Town Marshal Murdered.

INEZ Ky.), Oct. ?. = Joseph Kirk,
Town Marshal, was shot to death by
Henry Cassaday, a desperado Twenty
heavily armed men have gone into the
mountains in pursuit of the murderer
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ORDINANCE NO. 2s.

F.sta hlishing Election Precincts as Au-
fhorized in Section Two, Subdivision
Sixteen of the City Charter, Approved
April Twenty-fifth, Eighteen Hundred
and Sixty-Three, passed February 10
1873.
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ORDINANCE no. 80.

70 Provide for Watering Graded and
Paved Streets, Authorized by a Sup
Elemental Act of the Legislature, APP
proved April first, Eighteen Hundred
and Seventy-two, Passed March 3, 1873
Repealed by Ordinances 62 and Us.
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Two Women Burned to Death.

PIERPONT MANOR On. V, Oct. =.
Two women, Miss Lucy Clark, aged
%, and her invalid mother, aged 30
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed their home.
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Closing Grain Quotations.

Chicago. Oct. I'd.
WHEAT-December 74a4c; May. 77Ac
New York, Oct. Cd.
WHFAT-October, 767sc, December, 79c;
May, SIC.
WHEAT-December 81. is, May, $1.21ss.
CORN-Earge Yellow, $105.
BRAN-S16Q17.
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California Dried Fruit.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-California dried
ples-Common, 71ac; prime wire tray, MA
SIC; choice, S&@9c; fancy, 9@9Ac. Prunes
-311a@Sc. Apricots-Royal, 12Q13lsc; Moor
park, 14G16c. Peaches-Unpeeled. 7a09c.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2s.

Granting an Extension of Time to the
Citizens Gaslight and Heat Company
of Sacramento in Order to Comply
With the Conditions of Ordinance
Number Sixteen, Passed February
Fifth. Eighteen Hundred and Seventy
two; Passed November A, 1872
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ORDINANCE NO. "a.

Providing for Blockading the Streets and
Alleys and the Preservation of Fire
Department Property During Fires
Passed October 2 1872.
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NOTICE.

The City Art Gallery is open to
visitors daily from 10 o'clock a.
m. until a o'clock p. m.
The record-union., 1899-10-03

If you give me knife, give me a
fork, too.
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California Fruit Sales.

Sacramento, Oct. I'd.
Porter Brothers Company sold at open
auction to-day California fruit at fol-
lowing prices:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05

cabin 81 his Yacht was q bit stutfy
and he went fore and stood IN the
rain. His carriage was waiting for
him at the New York side He entered
itsand In an idle moment gave the man
q nickel. The man pulled a strap;
something rang how funny It all was!
He finally arrived at his stud It
was noisy and seemed to be the study.
Sof quite . number st others. but the
Make elieve-Man did not seem to
mind. He removed his cuffs and put
them on the top Of his desk he pre-
ferred them to any other desk orna-
ment, even to "a bust Of Shakespeare.
Later IN the day he invited a lady Of
quality to dine with him at The would
be back from the links by that time
she could meet him at the restaurant
It was 50 jolly, this playing the bohc-
milan. After dinner he escorted the
Lady Of Quality home. She lived off
Bleeker street but so many Of the old
families did, When the Make-B Believe
Man had turned the key Of his apart
ment he took up a hand glass and mi
nutely examined his face. There were
lines about the eyes, but the lips were
as smiling as a woman s. (which shall
It be tomorrow" said the Make-Be-
Slieve-Man, hunting or golf?" Then
he sighed and began to hunt for his
!! slippers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
MANS DISLIKE OF CosMETICs.

His Soap ana Water Theory Rains 16ors
Complexions Than the Powder pun.
Ella Wheeler ilcox II the Wom-
ans Home Companion discusses
Mans s. Limitations when he attempts
to discourse on the secrets Of beauty.
She says ITO the average man the
word cosmetics has the effect Of q red
rag shaken in the face Of q bull. Yet
the word does not mean paint or pig
ment. Trace 1t back and you will find
It signifies a preparation to restore har-
n1ony. This is the age Of specialists.
In days gone by whatever evil befell
the human body the family physician
was expected to relieve. Now we have
the dentist, the surgeon, the oeulist,
the aurist, the pedicure, and still others
skilled in the treatment OF scalp and
skin. a good complexion is the back
ground OF q woman's beauty. Natures
most beautiful grouping Of feature is
ruined il the background loses its tone
or becomes scanned or spotted. To
avoid such disaster with the fight OF
years requires knowledge and patience.
There are specialists in this line who
are Just as expert as the dentist or the
oculist. No man is indignant or dis
gusted If his wife consults the dentist.
He does not tell her that cheerful
disposition will preserve her teeth. Yet
the complexion feels that ravages of
indigestion, time and inheritance quite
as much as the teeth or eyes, and needs
quite as skillful treatment Yet the
majority Of ladies must keep their
methods a secret because Of the intol-
erance and unreason Of man upon this
i subject. II a woman goes abroad with
visible rouge on her cheeks, powder
on her nose, or pencil marks under her
eyes, man has a right to utter a pro-
test and voice his disgust. But he
never stops at that He Immediately
proceeds to air his ancient theories
about.a cheerful disposition and soap
and water as the only cosmetic proper
for a respectable woman to use. Mean
time the deadly scented soap-cake has
ravaged more compilations than any
! pigment on the market"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
DIscOURAGING TIPS.


Enkiish Railrosd omcials Tryins 70
Break Up the Practice.
8 1t was stated recently by several Of
fcials Of railway companies having ter
mini in the metropolis that the Ques-.
ton Of the tipping of porters had been
engaging the attention ofIthe respect
i've general managers, says the Lon.
don Times. The subject was one which
.bristled with difficulties, inasmuch as
the travelling public encouraged, rather
than discouraged, the practice. In the
rules and regulations for the observ-
.ance Of the STAFF Of each Of the railway
companies there was clause specially
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05

It generally turns out that q broker,
ideal was always cracked.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
MYSTERIOUS HAND,

I'd 80 :
Toward twilight, on on August day.
many years ago, two females were
seated by the open window Of an an
8cient house, situated in New Haven,
Conn. II Sszs, #
One of the women was an aged lady
OF perhaps seventy, with light,
CHEEKY face, the very portrait Of good
nature and good health, and the other
by her side was Madeline Blackwood,
niece to the old lady, and pretty,
ld-looking girl, whose years did not
exceed nineteen, whose face bore the
Impression of a loving, tender hearted
girl, innocent and trusting in her ma
ture. 585g &
Yes, dear Madeline. I made my will
[ last night the old lady is saying.
and I have made you my heiress,
4 Madeline"
"Oh, aunt, you overpower me with
your kindness, Madeline answers, IN
q pleasant voice. Ut &
Don't thank me, darling; ! only do
as my heart dictates; poor dear, your
path has been rough one. Four
years ago your father died, and I took
y you here to my house. I have rever
regretted that day I did so, for have
ever found you an obedient, indus
trious girl, and, as I'm an old maid"
and Miss Blackwood laughed, "and
+ have no one on earth to whom could
hequeath my wealth, 1 have; selected
you as my future heiress." 4
The young girls face betrayed no
surprise, but a light flush overspread
1t, and she kissed the ruddy cheeks
OF her fathers sister, as that old lady
petted the girls curly head. =.
I'm not very sickly, darling" the
aged woman went on, nor am likely
to die very soon-at least DR.. CRANKY
says $3.50 you may have to wait
awhile; but while I live you shall be
my daughter"
"Oh, dear aunt, please don't speak
that way. Don't speak of dying, my
best, my only friend You cannot
conceive how deeply your words pain
me-" +
you do love me, then, darling?"
! and the aged spinster looked tenderly
at her niece.
LAS I do my life, dear aunt" was
\ the girls answer, as she again kissed
g her aunt.
few moments later the young girl
left the room and her aunt was alone.
For some moments the aged mis-
tress of Blackwood house last buried
In thought.
"She's a good girl" at last MUIR
INJURED Miss Blackwood, land I've done
right in leaving her everything, and
she deserves it, poor girl. for her life
was checkered and ruf1led one be-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
He Raised the First Flag in Cuba.

=
:. At the beginning of the war, William
r. Gratz sent to New York newspa-
per 500, with instructions that the
money should be given to the Amer
lean sailor or soldier who should be the
first to raise the stars and stripes on
Cuban soil. It has been decided at
Washington that the honor belongs to
Ensign Arthur L. Willard of the Ma
chias. On May IL, while the Whining
ton and the Winslow were engaged
with the Spanish batteries at Carde-
mas the Machias shelled the barracks at
Diana Cay, and Willard went ashore
with a boats crew and raised the flag
over these barracks, after the Span
iards had been driven away.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
MAI BE LIEV b MAN.
TRIES TO LIVE THE LIFE HE
READ ABOUT IN NOVELS.
Some Inconsistent Points His s Yacht
Carries Several other People. and Even
IN His Study There seems to ne
No Privacy.

The alarm clock br-r-r-r-ed in harsh,
strident accents through the 6darkened.
room, replacing the snore Of him who
slept the sleep Of the just and the
open mouthed combined says Isl the
New York Evening Journal. He tum "a.
bled out Of bed and CROPPED mechanic.
ally for his slippers through the early
morning gloom, without losing q mo-
ment in the matutinal representation
OF weaker MORTAR 'twixt lingering
snug in bed for another five minutes
or shivering out Of it Immediately. He
set about taking his cold tub with
the cheerful alacrity Of q man with 9
keen days sport before him. Later on
he picked up a brace of brushes and
dashed off duet on his head with
considerable spirit and verve. (See
familiar quotation from any musical
criticism.) Then .his man. came in
with his we'll brushed clothes and laid
them on a chair, but did not silently
withdraw as gentlemen's gentlemen
always do in high-life novels, because
his "man" was named Bridget and IN
addition to being the Make Believe
Mans man she was cook, maid-of-all-
work, janitor-baiter and a few other
trifles. Instead OF silently withdraw
ing she stood there with arms akimbo
and said: ''tWill We be attn wan egg
or two eggs this marning ?" A shade
Of pain passed across the face of the
| IN 10 hn~ ~
preserve his cherished Illusion in the
face of such crudeness. He decided in
favor of two eggs and, it now being
a. M, he selected tie that would look
well on the links at in the afternoon.
A trivial detail Of five hours work
hung between the selection Of the
sporting tie and the sport, but the
Make-B elieve-M Man made it rule never
to dwell on unpleasant things. He al
ways dressed for his country club at
6 a. m. and arrived between and 5 p.
m. He slipped his coffee while "l1is
man. called in from the kitchen:
Thin blue pants need pressing and
the milkman says he won't wait an
other day. but the M. b. man did not
hear; he was rereading the Van Bibber
stories for the tenth time. His yacht
was waiting for him at the foot of Full
ton street, Brooklyn. It amused him
to hand a few coins to man sitting
in little cage-like box and follow two
or three impossible-lookin people
through ferryhouse-it was all a
mere whim of man of leisure. The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05

che GRASPs THE MYSTERIOUS
.-.- HAND"
fore her parents died. All, we'll, that's
ended now and Madeline shall never
y want again, for when die she will be
rich $3.50. '."s
So unused Miss Blackwood in the
evening twilight, and Madeline Black
wood, shut up in her room in Black
wood house, lay on her white bed,
thinking how she was to be her maiden
aunt,s heiress 's. ~
AS three weeks went on there was
more company in the old house now.
for, at old Miss Blackwood's invita-
ton, her married sister, Annetta, and
her husband and eldest, son, a Young
man OF flve-and-twenty, came to nav
her summer visit. ~
For a couple of weeks the old Black
wood house was lively and full of Wis.,
itors, and Madeline never looked
tandsomer. in the old aunt,s estima-
ton, than she did in these days. But,
this gayety and brightness was but
the prologue to an eventful event.
Late on misty night in September.
after. an evening of more than usual
Pleasure among themselves, the in
i mates OF Blackwood house retired IA
their various chambers, destined to
awaken in the morning on a scene Of
great horror. Z.
At the next morning the guests
and Madeline were seated at the break
4 fast table, when the housemaid came
screaming into the room.
''Oh. Miss Madeline! Oh, myLmy-
poor, dear missus is dead!''
With alarm, terror, and awe they
al hurried up to the old spinster's
chamber, and there, on the bed. with
4 an expression as II in calm sleep.
/. lay the old lady, dead. HI 5
There were no marks Of rough usage
/ on her, nothing In the room was
touched; she had evidently died sud-
denly In the night by heart disease,
8 malady which the old lady had been
troubled with lately. b 33
Madeline's grief at her aunt's death
/. was terrible to witness; people.
thought she would 60 mad; but there
was one who took all quietly, who
passed in ard out like a shadow,
4 whose gray eyes were always fixed
strangely on Madeline Blackwood, for
days afterward, and that person was
Paul Marsh, nephew to Miss Black
@ wood. whose strange death had been.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
II Er 30
Training the Otter.

It is said that Indian fishermen have
an ingenious way of training the otter.
They catch the small cub and put a
collar round the throat The little
creature, finding itself unable for days
>together to swallow anything it catch
es, gives up trying to do so, and firmly
believes for the rest OF its life that an
otter can only swallow such food as
it. receives direct from its masters
hand, and, accordingly, it faithfully
brings to the bank all the fish it may
capture.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
Tho Smallest Island In the world.

Rockall is, perhaps, the smallest
island in the world. It is situated in
the Atlantic over 300 miles west or
Scotland, and is a mere rock about 60
feet high and 225 feet round, arising
from reef of sand. The rock is hasalt
and granite, very magnetic. It is
haunted by sea-birds, and the mackerel
Of the surrounding seas are very fine.
OF course, it was never inhabited, and
is very seldom visited. owing to the
,diflculty Of landing on it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
Grabbing All the .Honors

III like an energetic fellow said the
society young man, ''but when l think
Of, Brown, who went to war and got
discharged in time to come home while
war heroes were still in demand, and
then got back on the football team, I
cant help saying he is a bit Of a hog"
INDIANAPOLIS Journal. So
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
Animals which like Perrr, :,

zE. An2M8lH ~ H1Cn Like PerKnmes.
An investigator Of the effect Of per-
fumes On animals in the London Zoo
logical Gardens discovered that most
1.-The lions and leopards were very fond
aof lavender. They took a piece ofseot-
ton saturated with it and held ii be
tweeE their paws with great de1fss
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
A FORTUNE TELLER'S LEGACY.

Says dispatch from Old Town, Me-,
to the New York Sun: Every French
Canadian resident of Maine believes
that a miracle has been performed
over the grave of Paul Beaupre, who
died and was buried in the woods above
Grindstone Falls, four years ago.
Beaupre, or Bo Peep, as he was called
by his acquaintance, was a fortune
teller and peddler of snakeskin charms,
who travelled from, camp to camp in
winter selling his amulets and preying
upon the credulity of his countrymen
by pretending to reveal future events.
Four years ago he was taken i'll with
pneumonia while staying at camp on
the East Branch and died inside of a
week.
II Before his death he expressed wish
to have his body taken to Montreal for
burial, pronouncing a fearful curse
upon those who neglected to obey his
last request. Among other catastro-
Plies that were to follow denial OF his
camp foreman, the loss of the years
cut of logs, and the burning of the
camp. He also said that if he were
buried in the woods living cross
would grow up from his grave which
should serve as a perpetual warning to
all unbelievers.
Beaupre died in November, 1894. His
body was sewed up in new blankets
and carried to rocky point above
Grindstone, where the bearers placed it
under the roots of great yellow birch
tree which had lately been overturned
in a gale. When the remains had been
duly disposed in the stony opening one
of the men chopped off the fallen tree
trunk with an axe, allowing the stump
to fly back, thus filling the hole and
burying the body under tons of erath.
Two weeks later the camp boss was
killed by fallen limb. The following
spring the logs were hung up for want
! of water and while they were lying on
the shore waiting for rains a forest fire
swept through the woods, burning the
logs and the camp where the men had
worked. This autumn a party of
Frenchmen who had been hunting deer
stopped at Bo Peeps grave and were
surprised to find that the yellow birch
which covered his remains had sprout-
ed from the stump, sending up three
shoots which had interlaced so as to
form cross about ten feet tall. When
they saw that the last of the dead
mans predictions had been fulfilled
they came out and circulated the story
all over eastern Maine, since which
time the grave has been visited by
scores of French-Canadians, all of
whom believe that miracle has been
wrought above the dead.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-05
Where the Shah sta.

The Shah Of Persia owns the most
valuable armchair in the world. It is
Of solid gold, inlaid with precious
stones At one time some OF the stones
were stolen from one Of the legs Of the
chair, and the Indignant Shah ordered
the arrest Of a number Of his servants
and held the keeper Of the furniture re-
sponsib1e for the loss, with the intima-
ton that if the thief were not discov-
cred, the keeper would be beheaded.
I The culprit, being eventually found,
was forthwith beheaded and his head
carried on pole by the imperial body
guard through the streets Of Teheran,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-07


C.eie, Madeleine &c Scuderi drew
curious ancgorcal map. known as the
carte de Tendre. on which IS shown IN,
water ways (sighs and tears) boy which the
traveller setting out from the town Of New
Friendship may reach-if he shun the dread
lake OF Indifference and the wild and angry
sea OF enmity-one OF the cities Of Love"
Readers Of the delightful letters OF Doro-
thy Osborne Will remember her fondness
for these French romances. always pub
hshed i'm innumerabe volumes
Mr. Cross pictures the gradual growing
away from the French influence. the work Of
the Restoration nOvelists. whose very names
are almost unknown TO US. Roger Boyle
richard Head. Aphra Behn. whose " Groom
oko was the first Humanitarian romance
IN England: Mary Marley. and Mrs. Eliza
HAYWOOD. He also emphasizes the great
debt the English novel owes 20 Bgnyan. the
precision OF whose Imagination and the
charm Of whose strong but simple and
idlomatc English soon made itself both
felt and initiated Nj Cross explains the
other literary forms which contributed to
the development Of the novel. touches upon
the passing of the old romances. and dwell
ing particularly upon Robinson Crus0e.
O7l9) the earliest English novel of incident.
Defoe. Swift. and Bunyan. the three writ
ers who usher in a new era FOR the novel.
are the source to which romance has To-
turned again and again for instruction. from
Scott % Stevenson"
The chapter on the eighteenth century
realsts is the most fascinating portion 81
the book. but in the compass ~ a short
review il is impossible 20 attempt 20 DO il
justice Mr.. Cross tells Us that Richardson
added % fiction. four fuli-length portraits:
a libertine OF hard intellectual polish. the
immaC ulate gentleman. The chasfe woman.