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and do your best Let's sing Hark, the
Herald Angelsl'

and do your best. Let's sing Hark, the
Herald Angels
You be gin it, you know And Tony,
who acted In the double caPaei. y Of basi-
ness manager and choir master gave the
note, and kathle hE-Gn.
In the handsomely furnished library Of
the house before which the children stood
an cid man was sitting alene before a
great open fire He knew that it was
Christmas eve. hut the fact did not seem
TO make him particularly happy, for his
face was drawn and haggard, as though
he were being tormentcd by his own
thoughts Some one had wished him a
merry Christmas that evening, and the
old man laughed bitterly.
Merry Christmas, he half muttored.
when have l seen a Christmas that was
anything but torment since - And his
mind went back to Christmas eve just
ten years age All, those were merry
Christmases in the old years when hath-
crime was a child with long golden hair
What was II that she sang every time be
fore she explored the mysterious stock
ing Oh, yes, he remembered it we'll
"Hark. the herald angels sing"
Was he dreaming, or was it really his dar-
ling's voice that broke the stiffness Of the
winter night He listened intently. Faint
ly the air Of the old anthem came to him.
Then, as his ear grew accustomed to the
voice, he caught each word distinctly,
"'Glory to the newborn King The
sound came from the street, and the old
mar rose from his armchair and walked
noiselessly to the window. Hiding him
self among the heavy folds OF the hang
ings, he gazed eagerly out into the snowy
avenue.
Two tots Of children were standing di-
rectly in front Of the house. One, the
smaller OF the two girl with bright
curls, as he saw by the friendly light OF
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The First hri

Like small curled feathers, white and
soft,
The little clouds Went ny,
Across tn -soon, and past the stars,
AID down the western sky.
IL upland pastures. where the grass
With frost! 1, w was Whit.
Like snowy clouds. thu young -heep lay
That fir-t best Christmas night
The shepA, o. slept, AMI slim-4erins
With twist Of thin blue smoke,
Only 4 II fires cracking flames
The tender silence broke,
Save when a young lamb raised his head,
or when the night wind blew
A nesting bird would softly stir,
Whore dusky olives grew!
With finger on her solemn lip
Night hushed the shady earth,
And only stars and angels saw
The little Saviour's birth.
Then came such fash Of silver light
Across the bending skies
The wondering shepherds woke and hid
Their frightened. dazzled eyes.
But all their gentle. sleepy flock
Looked up, then slept again,
Nor knew the light that dimmed the stars
Brought endless peace to men,
Nor even heard the gracious words
That down the ages ring
"The Christ is born. the Lord has come,
Coed viii IN earth TO bring
Then o er the fnoonlit, misty fields,
Dumb with the worlds great joy,
TIL shepherds sought the white walled
town
Whore lay the baby boy.
And. oh. the cladncss 81 the world,
Tn. & y q the skies,
Becau~. the longed for Christ had smiled
II MARY happy eyes
Margaret Deland.
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the street laup. was singing with all her
small might And such voice. 1t made
him think Of the herald angels, about
whom she sang. or, better still, OF Rather
Inc
He waited until the carol was ended,
and then raising the sab called eat in
persuasive tone. Little ones, VIII you
come here and as the children hesitated
h. added: Don't he afraid only want
10 speak to you a moment And a little
later Tony and his sister We're standing
before the old man in the great wide hall
I want to tell you how much have
enjoyed lie anthem that Yen have been
singing out thcro in the cold and to ask
Yea II yua Won / come tomorrow and sing
II for rae gain used TO have a itte girl
like you" touching katbie.s hair softly
a be spoke, who sang it every Christmas
day
Did she" Kathie asked. looking up at
the grim old man with genuine 1ntcr's
in her big blue eyes Why. that's just
what ny mamma used to do when she Was
lIttle girl isn't it. Tony
Tony VIE unlike his sister, di7liked 10
speak of what he termed family - fairs
before strangers, simply nodded and was
about to say that they would be very glad
to come in the morning when their host
Of five minutes, leaning eagerly forward,
exclaimed in a hoarsc voice: Your moth
err children; Who Is She Who are YOU
Half frightened by the change thai had
come over the old mans face, Tony an
swered wondoringly, We are mamma
children, Kathio and Tony, and mamma
is Mrs Anthony Girvin. The sudden
ness of the discovery was too great To be
horne calmly, and the old man tremblca
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and called out gayIy That they were Christ
mas children and didn't mind the cold.
Then, clasping hands more tightly, they
ran on.
House after house was reused by the
clear little voices, and coins were offered,
but Tony always refused the money, say
ing that they were Christmas children,
ard that seemed to explain their situation
perfectly, for no one pressed thsm further.
Let's don't sing any more after this
one, Kathie said as they pau~-d before
- Sc, imposing house Of SOM n brown
store, cause I'm very tired
MI right, Kit, SO brace u the last
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-F~TIAN ENDEANOR.
he Week beginning Dec.
mt ~ Rax III ppNip

lOl ht WEN b''N
=? ent by Rev. ). ii. Doyle.
TopiJ=-C4-rying u others the Christmas
toy.-I@.. TX, -. A missionary tppia.l
Chr -'s birth into the world has al
wavs been an occasion for joy. Even
the assurance that He would come
brought irv to COTS people long before
he actually came, as is proved by the
testimony If the prophet Isaiah in the
words before Us, in which he describes
the JOY of his people because unto US
a Child is born, unto Us a Son Is given,
and the government shall be upon His
shoulders. 1t was no less "a great joy,
but rather a more rapturous gladness,
because it was the joy of harvest, and
as men rejoice when they divide. 1t
came a. Joy to the one who saw the
fruit Of the seed that had been sown
amid tears, or as men rejoice when
after severe toll and conflict they divide
the spoil But Christmas time is not
only an occasion for receiving jov, but
for distributing it. Indeed the joy Of
lxiviu- TO others at this time Is even
greater than that Of receiving gifts 1t
lis more blessed to give than to receive. =
And what JOY could we better carry TO
men upen this happy occasion than the
true Christmas jay-the joy that comes
to one who realizes that unto him a
Child is born" that this divine Child
is his Saviour and Redeemer.
l. Carrying the Christmas joy to
mem b,rs u our own families. This Is
the first natural obligation of the sea
son. Our minds are first and principal
ly occupied with what we shall give t.
those closest related to US This is nat,
ural and just So it should be in refer
ence u spiritual things. We should be
most ea4eerned that our loved enes
should be true followers Of Christ. and
by prayer for them, by consistent
Christian life il the home and anxious
solicitation and judicious conversation,
We should strive to lead them to Christ.
?. To friends and companions. Our
gifts do not stop with our loved ones.
All gur friends and our companions
come II f)r share Of cur affection and
our roncrl4 brance. So also We should
strive to lead them to thi> higher Christ
mas joy We may have sponSibi!ities
to them, and we should be interested in
them.
8. To strangers. Nor do We eontiue
our Christmas greetings and gifts 70
loved ones and friends How often We
remember those who have no JOYS upon
this occasion, the poor and thu unfor-
tunate, who cannot celebrate tae glo-
riOrIS occasion, ~ (tbrist's II rtb Th4vt4
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e-HrRRY-
<MAS'-
4 CHRISTMAS CAROL.
El=LEEA SMITH.

Copyright. lsa4 by American Press Associa-
t.pa.1
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MAS
Tuesday Is Unpropitious.

Tuesday is an unlucky day for Christ
mas, which fact interests US this year suf-
fcientIy to reproduce this verse:
If Christmas day on Tuesday be-
That year shall many women die,
And that winter grow great maryels;
Ships shall be in great perlls
Tt s,ar shall kings and lords be slain,
AMI u.4ny other people near them;
a drr summer that year shall be
As ali that are born therein may see;
They shall be strong and covetous.
= t4.n = nj aught thou loscst thy lie,
t. = ~ Alt die through sword or knife,
But u thou fall sick It's certain
I!s.. 49,. turn to life a.ain.
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If you want quick relief and cure this is your
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FISH AND GAME.
Annual Report of the State Commits
sionevS,

Annual Report of the State Commits
sioncrs.
The annual report OF the fish and game
commissioners of Maine, was submitted
to the governor last week.
The commissioners state that the result
OF fish culture applied to lRndlocked sal
mon has been successful. In all waters
W here the fish have been planted sufficient
for natural development they appear in
large numbers. in many cases propagating
themselves by natural process. Ii has
been the policy of the commissioners to
plant fish in lake systems that they
might propagate.
They estimate that the value Of the fish
and game interests to the State annually
is 5000. 600. There go to the Rangely
lake region $500 sportsmen and hunters
annually The commissioners enumerate
the expenditures of sportsmen, and say
S24S, 400 is invested in steamers alone
which carry sportsmen and hunters, and
$50, geo year is paid to taxidermists for
their work There is not a depart ment
of industry in the State not benefited.
Ii will be necessary in the future to
have much larger appropriation, and
the comm ssi toner's ask for so 900 per
annum. They want more wardens so
that they can police the whole state,
while $1,000 or 5000 is needed for fish
culture. The commissioners also ask that
their salary be increased to al least q 800
per annum.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
0verpowering

is the remedy, and overwhelming
is the proof given in favor of
DANA'S Sarsaparilla. The CURES
we quote are not only marvellous
in themselves, but they are related
by your own neighbors: people
living just where their stories are
published. 1t is justly named
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Seglecting Christ,

Men who neglect Christ and try to
win heaven through mortalities are
like sailors at sea in a storm, who pull,
some at the bowsprit and some at the
mainmast, but never touch the helm -
iRacrhar
The herald., 1894-06-23

Pedro with the train leaving the Arcade
depot daily at IL :53 p. M, with the ex
osption OF Saturdays, when she connects
with the 8 rs a. m. and 5 p. m. trains.
On Sundays connection is made with the
Catalina island flyer" leaving the
Arcade depot at s 80 q. m.
Superintendent OF Schools Leroy
Brown 10 organizing q party of go school
teachers to visit the midwinter fair at
San Francisco. They will start within a
few days, having obtained rate of $l5
for the round trip from the Southern
Pacific company.
On the night of June 30th the round
trip tickets to San Francisco on the Pa
oiic Coast Steamship company will be
discontinued. These are perhaps better
known as the midwinter fair tickets.
The coal bunkers on the Southern
Pacific company's wharf at Port Los
Angeles have been completed and were
receiving coal yesterday. The schooner
Minneola has cargo OF $500 tons. and
was discharging. The capacity OF the
bunkers 10 about 5000 tons.
The herald., 1894-06-23
AMUSE MENTS.

Los ANGELES THEATER.-There was a
very good house last night at the first
performance of the Mikado by the Los
Angeles Operate society, under the
direction of Mr.. @. NJ. Pyke. The opera
was given with charming effect, the au-
dtaaas responding most enthusiastically
to he pretty and well-rendered mslo-
dies that abound in it. The chorus was
an exceptionally large one, and its work.
while not at all times even, was on the
whole very we'll done. The honors were
carried off by Mrs. Louise Manfred PIXIE
as Yum Yum, Mrs. Minnie Hance
Koko, Winfield Blake as Pooh Bah and
Mrs. Washington Berry as Katishs. The
Nanki Poo of MIR. Merle Manning was
somewhat expressionless. Mise Grace
Davidson made a graceful Beep-Bo, and
Mr. Ludwig Semler fair Mikado.
There were numerous encores, and the
opera went very smoothly.
1t was handsomely mounted, and the
colored electric lighting added greatly
to the effectiveness OF the stage setting,
and the picturesqueness of the pretty
and quaint costumes. The matinee this
afternoon and performance tonight will
close the engagement, and both should
attract large audiences.
x*s
The exhibition room in the back part
of the fine arts store in the Music hall
block, next to the Los Angeles theater,
has been crowded all the week with
lovers OF art to see A Glimpse of the
Harem, by the famous Russian artist
Avon de Reifsky. This is his master
piece, and is in drawing, coloring and
conception without fault. The artist
must indeed have had for his model just
such beauty of the harem as the au-
thor OF The Arabian Nights loved to de-
scribe. She has the soulful. passionate
eyes, curtained with sweeping eyelsshes,
the low brow and luxuriant hair, colored
like the ravens wing. the perfectly
rounded form and the languorous un-
concern of beauty who knows there Is
none like her in all the harem. The
management have decided to keep the
picture on exhibition for another week,
after which it goes direct to Boston.
The picture is one which all can see
without reserve, as, though nude. its
art lie above all question OF sensational
intent or Interior object.
The herald., 1894-06-23

THE nomination of Judge Fitzgerald
for the Office of attorney general of Cali
fornia is strong one, and prior to the
opening of the campaign-which can
scarcely be said to have been opened be
fore the Democracy have put their
squadrons in the field-it gives the HER
AID great pleasure to express its high
appreciation Of the Republican nominee.
The judge is practically a resident OF
Los Angeles, and nowhere better than
here is there the high sense of his aDili.
ty and learning disseminated. Judge
Fitzgerald lie undoubtedly very lucky
man TO be able to look over his adopted
state and to see the universally OF the
popularity which greets him on all
hands. There are few men who have
had more prosperous political career
than he in state in which he Was a
stranger only very few years ago. Up
rightness, ability, profound learning and
bonhomie, have been the secrets of the
Judges unprecedented success.
The herald., 1894-06-23
STATE OF TRADE.

-
The Past Week Rich in Promises but
Poor in Production.
NEW YORK, June Or. G.. Dun &
o.. 3 weekly review OF trade says:
The week has been rich in promise but
poor in production. 1t was promised
that exports of gold would cease, but
they have not. 1t was promised that
the end OF the coal strike would brin z
immediate recovery of industrisls, but
partial resumption of work discloses
comparative scantiness Of demand for
productions.
Operations in wheat advanced the price
1s4c, though western receipts were only
1881 5l0 bushels. against 1900, 1856 last
year, and Atlantic ex ports only l 1858, 1888
bushels, against 2,502 $50 last year.
Corn advanced but again receded. with
small exports and fairly large receipts.
Cotton declined 1-16c, but recovered.
The visible stock of American here and
abroad is 2,l52, 800 bales, against 2, 5S2, =
573 last year.
Ii WAS confidently expected that the
settlement OF the tariff rates on textiles
would improve the manufacture Of them,
but there is scarcely an evidence of such
90 yobi tuo large SAFES Oh COTTON D6lnH
distinctively tracesble to more seasonal
Bile weather and large retail Gales, and to
further concessions by sellers. The
s samaa - ~FR "a print cloths at Proyi-
CeuC0, AT Gil hIVot nEsSs r,SorOtr OyCT
10000 pieces, but the accumulation
continues. The orders for fall are
limited, and staples are irregular in
prices. Staples are less active and
rather weaker with sales about equal to
half the full consumption, 3,252, Sal
pounds, against 1888, 200 for the same
week last year, and 5 ,143, $50 in S92
For three weeks OF June sales have been
$3.50, l24 pounds, against 15,993, $50 in
1892.
There is much disappointment that
the partial termination OF the coal
strike does not promise to enlarge the
demand for iron and steel products,
which is entirely too narrow IS yet to
support much increase in production.
The failures during the week are 2l4
in the United States. against 273 last
year, and 20 in Canada, against IA last
wear.
The herald., 1894-06-23
DIED FROM POISON.
A Stranger Murdered In Texas by HI
Alleged Wife.

Stranger Murdered In Texas by His
Alleged Wife.
GREENvILLE, Tex, June 22.-J. j.
Lancaster, a new arrival here. died last
Sunday under peculiar circumstances,
nobody being present but his alleged
wife. The physicians, after examining
him as to his death, testified at the in
quest that he died from poisoning. The
woman made conflicting statements at
the inquest, and was Suspected of hav-
ing killed her supposed husband. The
grand jury began investigating the case,
and discovered that the woman had
been in clanGestine correspondence with
q man named Boiling in Kentucky. A
telegram was received today stating the
true Mrs. ]. j. Lancaster is now in Pa
ducah, KY, and that the woman passing
as Mrs. Lancaster induced Lancaster to
leave Kentucky. The telegram ordered
the arrest and detention of all parties in
the case, and the woman was locked up
in the county Jail. Lancaster was man
of considerable means. and there is 3
strong chain of circumstantial evidence
against his alleged wife.
The herald., 1894-06-23
THINKS OLNEY WAS STUFFED.
c. P. Huntington Talks for the
Newspapers.
He Discusses the Suits Brought by
the Attorney General.
There Is Nothing In Them In His
Opinion-The Atohison Reorgan-
tzAtisn Plan-Other Rail-
road Gossip.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YoRK, June 22.-The World to-
morrow will contain an interview with
Mr.. Huntington, in regard TO the suits
brought against the stockholders by At
torney General Olney. He says the suit
does not trouble him, and adds:
''Of course, would rather they had
not been begun, but If it came to a mat
ter of putting out 81 to stop them 1
would not dismiss them. saw the
flaming head lines in the paper the other
day, Thirty Years of Crime
'Itis the habit of newspapers to print
sensational things without strict refer
enee to how much truth 10 in them. But
as to these suits, know all about them
and there is nothing in them. For some
time back half a dozen men have been
writing to me and telling me that unless
sent for them and saw them they
would tell the people q number of
things they ought to know. There is
one man in st. Louis who has
been particularly active in this
way. told them that If
there were things the American people
ought to know by all means to go ahead
and tell them. These people have gone
to Mr.. Olney, suppose, and that | take
to be- the origin of the suits. From what
| heard l am sure he would not have
commenced the suits unless he was con-
WINGED it was his duty to do so. l be-
lieve him to be q man OF ability and
lust man."
The herald., 1894-06-23

IT WILL be seen by our correspondence
from Catalina that the people there are
very indignant at the way they are
treated by the postal department.
Notwithstanding steamers are regularly
plying between San Pedro and Avalon,
the people there have to depend upon a
semi-weekly mail service, carried by
sailboat. Celebrity and dispatch would
seem to have no place in the lexicon of
our postal authorities, if we take the
way in which they manage how not to
do it in the Catalina mail service as q
sample of their efficiency.
The herald., 1894-06-23

THE present is probably the most pc
culisr summer that has ever been known
in our experience. 1t is rough on the
watering places, but it is perhaps just
as we'll that the people who have been
at so great pains in rushing forward the
attractions of the "City by the Sea-
should learn that it takes time to bring
any great enterprise to the point of per
lection. But this capricious weather
cannot last long, and the fret really at
traotive meteorological dispensation will
knock silly anything that the on tside
world can bring together as rival to
Los Angeles. Gaiety is not yet on the
rampage at the Los Angeles pleasure re-
sorts. but it is sure to be in at the moi
distant future.
The herald., 1894-06-23
SOCIETY,".

Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Nordholt enter
tanned few of their friends at progress
i've euchre last Thursday evening, it
being the fret anniversary OF their we'd
ding. The first prizes were carried off
by Miss Mary Harmon and P. M. Mo-
roney, while the consolation prizes were
won by Miss Wayne Meade and Charles
E. Crowley.
Among the guests were the following:
Mr.. aud Mrs. F. @. Harmon, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Eckstrom, Mr.. and Mrs. Jos.
Hyans, Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Timbrock,
Mr.. and Mrs. Con Worth, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. l.. Stassforth; Misses Kate Center of
Oakland, Nellie and Eta White, Miss
Hardy, Jessie Gately of San Francisco,
Fannie Lswton, Agnes Wilson, Kate
Mccarthy, Mollie Mccarthy, Fannie
Schofeld, Nellie Sullivan, Hattie May
Lindenield. Mary Harmon, Emma
Kane, Nellie Cash, Wayne Curtis. Alice
Gushing; Messrs. G. E. Crowley. w. A.
Wilson. 2. NJ. Moroney, ]. F. McElhe-
new, Charles Tappinier, Louis Tappi-
nier, j. V. Harmon, j. H. Clancy, W.
J. Bolan, Ed Maud, Frank Palomares.
Joseph Desmond.
So
A recent issue of the Tacoma Ledger
says: "Mra. Richard H. 0ushee, nee
Miss Dagmar Tisdale, arrived in the city
from Los Angeles. Tuesday afternoon.
She will spend port of the summer in
Tacoma visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walker H. Tisdale A number OF
Mrs. Gushee'e friends met her at the
depot and escorted her home. Arrived
at the residence, an informal reception
was given Mrs. Gushee. Light refresh
mente were served. including tea, cake
and gtraw berries. Those present were:
The herald., 1894-06-23

to have tive Democratic senators from
New York in the senate of the United
States. The high purposed senator from
New York is evidently looked upon by q
large portion of the Democratic majority
OF the senate as sort of Dick Turpin or
Claude Duvsl. For thirty years
there was only one Democratic SEN
stor from New York until David Ben
nett brought his matchless and hon.
est Democratic methods to bear on
the political problem. The political re-
frain just now recalls in remarkable
degree the Hebraie threnody, "Jeruss-
lem, thou that killest the prophe.s."
All that Senator Hill gets for his sublime
leadership. which, properly responded
to, would have secured the Democratic
party control of the government of the
United States for at least quarter of q
century to come, is insult from such
jsckasses as Harris OF Tennessee. From
all indications, the man does not live
today who will ever see another Demo-
cratic senator elected from New York.
Sublime leadership Sublime fudge!