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LUCTOR.

Mrs, John Jperlnk who has been
sick now for several months is still 10
the same or worse condition. We
fear that she will not recover One
Of MIR, Jager's children was also at
tackled suddenly last Saturday, so
that DR.. Holtermann was called in
for consultation. John Brands who
YVES struck with apoplexy two weeks
ago Is slowly recovering, and ore Of
X. Schemper's boys who has been
sick for four weeks with typhoid fever
is not recovering yet. We wish and
pray that this sick list may decrease
and health be restored to our friends.
MIR, P. Rupke is back again from
Iowa, 1t seems that our old com
rades can not keep away from Ken
sas, as they are ali coming back, We
ara all glad to ses Peter back and
particularly one of the young ladies.
Rev. YanDullen preached at Luctor
last Sunday and had large audience,
He has to 80 to Iowa this week, but
expects to be buck by next Sunday.
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A READER wants to know the rate of
levy made for county general, and
state purposes during the past ten
years. The figures are as follows;
The herald., 1896-12-26

other, you and /. Your deafness matters
nothing. My life has been shaken tc it's
foundations need your help TO strength
on it.
He struck tho right note, not tho note Of
pity, but that of appeal Christina
watched the words form on his lips and
hope arose in her heart.
.'Aro you sure you want me?" she asked,
and added hastily, 'bnt for beth our axes,
for heavens sake, do not say yes out of
compassion
And Fraser made answer in the i'm
memorial fashion
Eighteen months had passed and Chris
tina sat with her flrsthorn child in her
arms. Languidly she watched the june
roses nodding Mt the open window, and
then her eyes fell upon the sleeping child.
In a moment tho old trouble swept over
her like 1oud.
My GodH' she cried in despair. Never
to hear his voice--nevel, never!'
And then family, feehly, far away, 1t
seemed in some dim court of her brain
there arose flno thread of sound.
Christina listened with parted lips and
eyes dilated-listened with her whole soul.
She rose to her feet, her face turned to-
ward the child, which moved restlessly in
it's sleep The trembling hope in her breast
grew flrner.
Her husband entered the room.
David, David" sho whispered, hold
Ing the child toward him, II hear the cry
of our child''
And SO Christina passed once moro into
the world Of sound.-C. Fl. Palmer in
Strand Musical Magazine
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"A uaglc Eetter.

Did you ever think what strange letter
"S" is? 1t is serpent in disguise. Listen
you can hear it hiss. 1t is the wizard
of the alphabet. It gives possession and
multiplies indefinitely by Its touch. Io
changes tree into trees and house into
houses. Sometimes it is very spitcful and
will change pet into a pest, pear into a
spear, word into sword and laughter
into slaughter, and it will make hot shot
at any time
Farmers have to watch 1t closely. 1t
will make scorn Of his corn and reduce ev-
cry peck to a speck. Sometimes he finds
it useful. If he needs moro room for his
stock, it Will change table into stable
for him, and If he is short of hay he can
get out a row of taoks. 1t will turn them
into stacks. He must be careful, however,
not to let his nails lie around loose. The
serpent's breath will turn them into snails.
If ever you get hurt, call the serpent to
your aid. Instantly your pain will be in
Spain. Be sure to take it with you the
next time you climb mountain II you
desire to witness marvel 1t will make
the peak speak. But don't let 1t como
around while you nre reading now. 1t
will make this tale stGlo. Chicago Record.
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ykc Reasoning CT Dogs.

When living IL few miles fr6n, Hull, I
was one day accompanied In an expedition.
to the town by my own small dog, halt
black pccdlo half terrier, aLG u nei eignbor's s.
collie, who sometimes came to spend the
day with Us. On our way tho dogs missed
the vehicle In which l was seated, anu,I
saw neither of them again for many hours.
AT last when resting at u pastry cooks, 4
occasionally trequeatcd, my own little nnl-'
nal suddenly rughcd in, greeting mo rap
turously. The shop assistant said: "Oh,
ma am, is thar yours? nc has been herpI
before today with y large dos. Ihsy stasd
about go minutes then got up and went
out together" Our natural way or rctrtn
was--at some distance from the shcp--raft
Wilherforces column, at tie foot CT whicll'
we found our visiter dog stationed, nob
recumhent, but sharply On tho lookout He
must have remained thern on my arcne-.
toned route, at tho suggestion of Midgc.;
whilo ho ran back to look for mo once
more at the pastry cooks. Why else u tenn
porary separatiuni Both dogs knew their
way homo perfectly well. hut they prefer
red spending a very long morning seurch:.
ing for me. III their way of dn!ng col
think they showed not only affection, blot
reason. Ii, NJ. q, in London SpectAtf0 /,
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TIE CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL
Celebrated at Many OF the City
Churches
MUCH ELABORATE MUSIC
Oi Masses and Anthems Performed By
the Choirs
A Magnificent Service of Song Rendered
at st. Vincent's Church-Appropri-
ate Sermons by Local Divines.

The services at St. Johns Episcopal
church were largely attended yesterday
The music under the direction of the
choir master, Mr.. Luther Krebs, was
especially grand the whole OF Fields s
difficult Eucharistic service being sung.
The anthem for boys voices. Let Us Now
Go Even Unto Bethlehem, was well rem
dered. The Credo, Te Deun, Benedictus
and Agnus Del were especially we'll
sung, the rich tones of the new organ
being heard TO excellent effect under the
slIillful maripula ton. of Mr. Krebs. The
rector. Rev. b. w. II. Tayler, celebrated
at s a. m. and at the high celebration at
10 o'clock. He was assisted by the Rev.
f. Johnson. The rector preached from
the text, st. John ill.,, 16: God SO loved
the world that he gave his only begotten
son." The rector referred to the dictum
of IAN eloquent lecturer" who last Mon
day stated that the observance of Christ
mas day was comparatively of late ori-
gin; that "a few centuries ago" it was
ordered to be observed in the church of
Rome as Christian festival. AS mat
ter of fact, they were today celebrating
the birth of our Lord in company with
the church from the earliest recorded
years. The preacher reviewed the rec
ords of the early Fathers and the history
Of Christmas celebrations. 1t was a
day of universal worship and universal
fellowship. But something more is
wanted-the universal love OF God for
us, which makes such fellowship possi-
Bile and such worship acceptable. The
rector's best wishes to his congregation
were summed up in the hope that they
would enjoy a Christmas sanctified by
their worship and beautified by their
benevolence
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TIE BUTTERFLIES.

tArto. C.ppeo's "E9ol- In Couronne.]
at SIXTEEN Years she knew no care.
Flow could si.c. swovS and pare as lishtf
And there pursued her everywhere
BiIseri;ls5 al white.
Il loyer looked. She Grcrped her eyes
That glowe1 Ike ransics wet with dew.
And lol th"ra care from out tho skies
Butterflies all Alue.
Before she cccssed her heart was gone.
The tclo OF love Was swiftly told,
And all about her wheeled and shone
Butterflies Of gold.
Then he forsocf kor one sd r.orn.
She wcpt ard soobed, so love, come
back.
There only came to her for,orn
Eutteriiie9 all black.
John Dawson.
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uust,ins California ne.s,

"Talk about honey" said tho man from
California, '.why, you people in Louisinna'
don't know what honey is Out In my.
state we go out and plug a dead tree and
the honey flows Ike water from barrel.
All a man needs to starta hive is to 60 out'
and play'the accordion and he'll hav0 ten
swarms buzzing about him in less than D
minute. fIr ss III rflY W III
"A funny thing hGppened to Inc last
spring when 1 was down an my orchard
near Pasadena. - l was wearing fne silk
lat at the time, and one day when the stin
was shining. brightly and. the birds were
singing and tho air was filed with the.
hum of insects went into tho field to soc
about setting out lot Of bEddca peach,
trees As waa' walking among the trees
managed to snag my hat against tr@s1
limb and prod small round hola In the
crown, and fearing l would completely
ruin it placed ii on n tree stump and CON
tinuod my Investigations with handkcr-
chief tied over my hair. I guess ! must
have been out In the field for about thrive
hours, and when I went to get my hat-I
saw bee go into the hole in the top. This
kinder surprised me, and halted. Then
another Ice went in, and one came OUT,
and while looked III he hanged II there
wasn'ta continual stream Of bees going in
and coming oft Of tho Eole, Well. didn't
exactly like to pick up the hnt and risk b
ing stung to dcath, so concluded to gctA
stick and scare them off. Nary scare,
though, for the bees kept on coming and !
going in a steady stream. Finally called
ono Of my men and explained the situp-
ton. He went eli and shortly returned
with a wad of cotton batting, which he 4
fastened on the end Of a stick. This he set
fro to and SOON smoked tho 'lcas cut of the
country. Then / went for my hat.
'Well, sir, you may Eelicve me or not,
as you wish, but those confounded bees
had actually opened II hiyo inside of the 4
beaver. and the thing was halt Hllsd with
honey. / know California was strong on
bees, but that Just beat my time, and say
again If you want to SEQ hees come to Chi.
fornia. Now Orleans Times Democrat.
The herald., 1896-12-26
UNEQUAL ANATOMY.
Strange Differences In the Eyes and Other
Parts of tho Body.

Some curious features are noted in tho
Inequality in size and influence Of corre-
Ipondlng parts of the human body. The
mrs on the same head ore probably more
alike than any other of the twin organs of
the body. Nevertheless they vary as re-
CARDS thickness, length, shape and posi-
ton most remarkably in different indivi-
duals. III the ear, however, on ono side ia
eelicate in size and contour, the other will
he the same, while il the one looks Ike a
Tried fig the other duplicates it in form
and color. But with the eye it is differ
ent. To say nothing of tile fact that one
Eye is generally more open than the other,
nil ooulists agree that the cases where the
Fecing powers Of the two are equal in the
same head are very rare Usually men
use the right eye the most Watchmakers,
sngraHrs, Inieroscopists and mariners
using the telescope apply their right eye to
the instrument, and generally overwork
that organ. There is no good reason why
both eyes should not be equally strong, but
they arc not. Tailors agree that the right
shoulder is almost always lower than the
left. This they account for by the uni
versal habit men have of resting the left
elbow OH tho desk while writing. and to
tho equally prevalent practice of those who
carry heavy burdens resting them on the
right shoulder
As regards the arms and legs, there is
generally but slight difference. In the size
Of the hands and feet there is commonly
great variation, and, curiously enough,
while it is the right hand rhnt is generally
bigger, it is the left foot that often re-
quircs larger sized boot or shoe. Glove
makers give tho proportion CT large right
hands as 900 TO 1000, which, by the way,
npproximatas to the proportion Of right
handed persons in the community. Tho
size of the hand is generally increased by
labor If ladies are to he trusted as to the
slzo of the gloves they wear the human
hand has grown smallor within the last 90
or 80 years. But glovcTs tel a different
story. They confess to making all ladies'
gloves Il half size smaller than they really
are. This, they say, is becarso ladies al
most invariably ask for II size smaller
glove than they should wear
There is nearly always a difference in
the size of tho hands. This is So marked
that the glove that fits the right hand viii
wrinkle On tho left, looking, in fact, too
large. Tho left foot, us rule, is tho
larger. Whilo tho right hand and arm arc
generally better developed and stronger,
the opposite leg corresponds in those par
ticulers 1t is found that in athletic per
The herald., 1896-12-26

CTheo. Martens); hymn, It Came Upon
the Midnight Clear; Gloria Tioi tfds-
toni; hymn, Angels from the Healms
of Glory: oTertory. And There Were
Shepherds III. Millard); S5nctus tWes-
lpy) hymn. My God, and Is Thy Table
Spread? Gloria in Excelsis tZeuneD:
recessional hymn, Hark. the Herald
Angels Sing.
The choir consisted of Mrs. Clare
Thornton, soprano; Miss josephine
Haskins, alto; j. c. Mcclure, tenor, and
Harry Maybin, bassO. with Theodore
Martens, orsanist and choirmaster
The sermon was preached by the rec
tor, Rev. Alfred S. Clark. who took for
his text St. Luke. Ii. 10-11. The preach
er graphically described the circum-
stances of the first Christmas and dwelt
upon the essential value of the good
tidings of great joy.
The herald., 1896-12-26
SACRED HEART CHURCH.

Sacred Heart church, East Los An
geles, had an unusually elaborate mu-
steal program for Christmas. The first
high mass was celebrated at a. m. low
mass at a. m, and solemn high mass
at 10 a. m., at which the Rev. Father
Harnett preached the sermon. The
choir, assisted by Prof. Gardner's or
chestra, rendered Van Weber's mass in
G. At the evening servic1s, 1880 p. M,
Stearns' vespers were sung for the first
time in Los Angeles, at which some of
the best local talent participated. E.
Heyes is the organist and musician di-
rector, under whose care the choir mas
been diligently rehearsed for the grand
Christmas music.
The herald., 1896-12-26

sons the advantage Of strength ia often
with the left foot. That IS the font We
habitually stapd upon, and it is the lett
foot that leads of in thewalking. A man
uses the left foot ipost on tho bicycle, and
even more SO in mounting o horse While
thu constant use. o.. the right hand II q
matter of training monkeys use both
cqualiyl, the moro frequent use Of the left
foot would seem to- DO u general habit
hence that footis in many cases the stroh-
ger.-Exchange. sAsaso sS
The herald., 1896-12-26
Mrs. Warl.s knowledge.

1t must have lecn como very inforl@x
and jealous novelist who invented IL
story that af,er the publication Of Mvk
Wards former 'foyel, "nnyid Grieycs& 4
which shows msirscltiIs insight Into {h9
psychology Of bohemian lie In Paries8
friend asked the .,iitea huthoiess how o5l
earth she had aequifed'sa i;inch knovledGf
OF that lurid phase of Sayistencc. "Oi,s3
replied tho lazy jckinglv,r.I Just eHS
II. II 40 lote. d.iids told hins 70 r<j&
oscr to Parisacry;, s,ceks holiday tp An
ont al about II fer ne q ,lsI ,oAdosl SketplE)
Put Il risesef hcfse radish riot into g.
jar Of pickles. The Nilegar,,zilk Feteip
strength longer, and the pickles WALL ~
uksly 70 become soft and mold 2
The herald., 1896-12-26
BOYLE HEIGHTS.

The evening services at Ascension
Episcopal church, North ST. Louis street
and Brooklyn avenue, were the first Gel
ebratfon of holy communion at s. a. m,
followed by a second celebration (partly
choraD after the II o'clock morning
prayer and sermon by Rev. D. F. Mac
kenzie, the pastor A very fine program
of Christmas music was rendered by the
full vested choir.
ST. JOSEPH'S.
Morning service was held at st. JOS
eph's church at 10 o'clock. Weigand' s
Mass in C was rendered blythe following
choir: Sopranps-Miss Sobranos (who
had kindly rendered her services), Mrs.
Knell and Mrs. Schmidt: altos-Mrs. E,
Batz and Miss X. Knell; tenors-
Messrs. Rapp and Batz; basso. Mr..
Laub; violin, Master Phil Zobelein
cello, Mr.. A. r. Knell; organist and di-
rector John d. Knell.
The herald., 1896-12-26
CHRIST CHURCH.

The program for Christmas day at
Christ church was Of an elaborate char
acter.
Opening voluntary (Mascagn); pro-
cesstonal hymn, Come Thou Long Ex-
pected Jesus; introit, Arise, Shine, for
Thy Light Is Come Dudley Buck);
yenite, Gloria Patri q. RandalD; Te
Deum George Meitzke); Jubilate Dec
The herald., 1896-12-26
No Trouble For Him,

"Tnlk about tho technical difficulties OF
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,
exclaimed the little musician with the
curling hair and the high forehead. "They
don't exist for mer'
And with dreamy, rapt, faraway gazo he
went on turning the crank Of his hand
organ. Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1896-12-26
Reason For Gratitude.

$50 you're friendly with Cranker are
you? Why, he tells me that he won't have
q thing to do with yon.
"That's just why feel kindly toward
tie old crab Detroit Free PresA
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Dictati0n.

"well, what are you waiting for, Mag
Gie?''
IT was Just thinking how many rs
there was in scissors. "-New York Trib-
una.
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ST. Johns.

Services were held at 7, s. 1890 and IL
a, m. The last service was choral, q choir
of fifty voices assisting, under the di-
rection of j. c. Dunster. The following
was the order of service:
Professional hymn, Christians, Awake;
introit, Kyrie, from Gounod's Messe So
lenelle; responses Dunster; Glori Tibi,
Monk; Credo, Gounod; office hymn,
Shout the Glad Tidings; Ascription, Flo
rio; offertoire, And the Glory of the Lord,
from Handel's Messiah; Nazareth, Gou-
nod; Hallelujah Chorus, Handel: Mount
of Olives, Beethoven; Sanctus, Gounod !;
Sursum Corda, Eyre; Agnus, Eyre
Nunc Dimmittis, Stainer; recessional,
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.
The church had been very beautifully
decorated
The herald., 1896-12-26

coincidence mon have adopted new rac-
TICS" said A. R. Henrickson of New York,
"and the old time stories of countrymen
being accosted by name have become obso-
lete, but there was time when this trick
was common. I lived in New York but
was running truck FARM in Orange coun-
tyand frequently came into She city in my
working garb. l had a good deal Of fun
with the confidence men. I was accosted
several .ir.es, and oach time acknowledged
to the name by which was called .instead
of correcting them and telling my name.
In this way I had no trouble getting rid OF
the fellows. But one day was asked il
my name was not Warren. I replied that
1t was and was rather startled by the qucs-
toner scizing my arm and saying. "You
are under arrest" / was taken to bhe cen
tral station, and it was several hours before
lcould prove wns not Warren, since which
time have never answered to any name
but my own. .'--Washington Star
The herald., 1896-12-26
ST. VINCENTvS.

The first solemn mass at st. Nincents
on Christmas morning was sung at 5
o'clock, when Rev. d. Healy, C. w, ceie-
brated his first mass. assisted by the
very Rev. A. j. Meyer, c. NJ. The choir
rendered Mozarts Twelfth Mass.
The second and principal solemn mass
was sung at 1915 a. H., when the very
Rev. A. j. Meyer, c. M. will be cele-
brant, assisted by Rev. w. II. Musson,
{. NJ. as deacon. NJ. II. Morris as sub
deacon. Rev. r. X. Antill, c. NJ. deliv-
cred the sermon. Dion Romandy's or
chestra assisted at this service. Gina
rosa's Messe Militant was splendidly
sung in it's entirely. M. A. Gilsium S
beautiful Christmas cantata, Venite
Adoremus, for three choirs. was sung
at the gradual. For the offertory, Signor
Rorandy's Christmas symphony, Gloria
in Excelsis Dec, was finely rendered
The symphony consists of a baritone
solo, written especially for Herr Josef
Rubo a trio, for Nine. Rubo, Josef F.
Nuelle and Herr Rubo, and grand
chorus. The following singers consti-
tute the choir:
Herr and Nine Rubo, Mrs. l.. p. Col
lette, Misses Winston, Hovel Hammes,
Rohr, Guttin; Mines. Deity. Ibbetson
A. Scott-Chapman, Schallert, II. j..
Stocker; Misses Blanche Donnell,
Matilda Hildehrsnd, Orilla Donnell, s.
llouSe anu N. hydl, IhesSTS. JOSepn Il Z.
Nuelle, w. f. Deity, A. l.. Jeffrey, NJ
Merten. William Jochum, 4. M. Killian,
f. A. Walton, r. Fl. Locllyear, NJ a.
Chase. r. Berry. Prof. T. w. Wilde
presided at the organ.
The exceptionally fine musical service
will be repeated by special request to-
morrow morning.
The church was beautifully decorated.
Ivy holly, smilaX and flowers of scarlet
were the only materials used. The altar,
especially, was adorned with most ex-
quisite taste. 1T was decorated by Miss
es Buest and Forman. Miss Forthman,
we'll known for her artistic TASTE dec
GRATED the shrine of ST. Candidus and
the altar of the sacred heart. The shrine
of the B. V. M. was in the hands of Miss
Rehr. assisted by other members of the
sodality. This shrine is always noted
for the beauty and chasteness of its dec
orations. The Misses Clancy took care
of ST. Joseph's altar, the pulpit and the
communion railing. The stable Of
Bethlehem always a feature in the
church during the Christmas festival,
had been attended to by the choir boys.
The herald., 1896-12-26
CC..ipeiltive t-reaching.

EllJan Heu0lng, lno VIGIL KNOWN MCLhO-
dist bishop, who lived in the first half OF
the present century, was particularly felici-
tous in making appointments for the diff
ferent circuits. He used, however, to tell
with keen enjoyment of ono occasion on
which he failed to give satisfaction.
At the close OF u conference, when he had
made numerous appointments for circuits,
boy appeared, gasping for breath, and
informed him that u man at the hotel.
who seemed to he in q dying condition,
was anxiously calling tho bishops name.
Hurrying to the hotel he found the man
In a state bordering on Mysteries because
he had failed to secure the appointment he
wished, but had been assigned to another
circuit.
"Now, stop bawling," said the bishop
firmly, when the man had made his COM
plaint, "and go to your post and labor
like man." He thought he had seen tho
last of the fault finder, but a short time
after tho man appeared again in a great
state of excitement
81 don't blame you, bishop" he said,
"but it is that presiding elder. And now
II you'll only hear him and me preach two
bouts of 20 sermons apiece" he continued,
looking anxiously at Bishop Holding for
encouragcment--''two two bouts of go sermons
apiece---if don't beat him, bishop, why
Ill give up"
This trial never took place, but ths
bishop had some difficulty in persuading
the discontented preacher to return to his
post. Youths Companion.